What makes Shahid Khan Afridi so popular? Is it the brand of cricket he plays? Or the charismatic personality?

Afridi was known as an all rounder , his batting and fielding used to be amazing , but ever since he turned to bowling , hes seemed to loose his confidence of batting . Anyways his skill , talent , and impulsive decisions taht he takes makes everyone pin thei rhopes on him no matter what slump or seemingly unattainable quagmire the team has put themself into , he manages to turn it around.
Apart from being the ONLY person who could unite our team after their despicable and disgraceful match fixing scandal, he took us to the semi-finals of the world cup , which Im sure we would have won had their not been underlying pOLitics. The calm reaction to when they dropped FOUR catches in teh semi finals , i would've cracked their skulls had it been me and the semi -finals and that too agianst our rivals!.His HUMILTY: the ability to stand on an international platform and apologize to the nation for not winning. PPL in pk don't like admitting they are wrong , forget about apologizing!!! It's sad that politics and for speaking against nepotism has made many enimies within teh pcb and he retired from int'l cricket.Honestly only our loss.
oh and i forgot to mention ;His smile doesn't hurt either:)

The personality has a lot to do with it but his cricket rocks too! He has been loved right since the start because of his explosive style as we love thrillers :) But more recently his all-round performance as well as captaincy made him very popular

Both

I like him coz he is furious,never mediates.If a bowler tries to put him under pressure he gets the reaction well.You know what drove him fiery here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuxMjAeGfz0 ; ) and one more thing he is a pathan <3 ; )

Afridi, he is attacking player. He not only have entertained Pakistani with bat but he too have made many wins for Pakistan with his bowling as well. So I think, we Pakistani love his all round play and his brave cricket. Top of this we believe that he is a honest and loyal player. At least he is not 'bakaoo Mall' in our ranks. Boom Boom Afridi

the question would be similar if the same is asked for beckham. and the answer would probably apply to afridi too :)

i think both.....

Good looks and charming personality always help with in cricket plus the righteous counts and dun forget he made an international record right after he came, so the magic was there since the beginning.

The guy is practically a suicide bomber on the field. Aaar ya Paarrr!!! :p

Shahid Afridi is legend and that's the only reason.

Who said he is popular. He is a mothafakka