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The tournament will be held in February and March in Qatari capital Doha.
Afridi's appointment comes in the build-up to New Zealand's two-Test tour of Pakistan, beginning on Monday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board said a scan on Monday had confirmed there was no signs of injury and Afridi's discomfort was likely 'due to a forced knee flexion'.
Afridi said that Shaheen's family had made a formal approach asking for his daughter's hand in marriage.
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The left-handed batsman now has 328 international sixes to his name. As captain, he has hit 212 sixes and has gone past Dhoni's tally of 211.
Dhoni remains the only captain in the world to lead his team to all three ICC titles - 2007 World T20, 2011 World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy.
A source in the PCB said that negotiations were continuing with the multi-national beverage company, which had shown interest in signing a new team logo sponsorship deal but had offered an amount far below the expectations of the board's marketing pundits.
The former Pakistan captain, who has been diagnosed with COVID-19, said the first two-three days were tough.
The former Pakistan captain is the first high-profile cricketer to be infected with the coronavirus.