New Delhi. 22 year old young opening batsman Sam Ayub played an important role in Pakistan’s ODI series victory in South Africa. Sam has scored his second century in this series. On one hand, while his opening partner is yearning to open the account, on the other hand, Sam Ayub’s bat is raining runs against the dreaded bowlers like Kagiso Rabada and Company. Sam scored a brilliant century in the third ODI. This is the second century scored by Sam in the current series. Sam is the second Pakistani batsman after opener Fakhar Zaman to score two centuries in a single series in South Africa. He continued scoring runs at a fast pace even after the dismissal of Babar Azam in the Johannesburg ODI.
Saim Ayub scored 101 runs in 94 balls with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. He completed his century in 91 balls. Sam Ayub also played a century in the first ODI of the current series against South Africa, while he also scored a century in the third and last ODI. Sam, who made his ODI debut against Australia on 4 November, scored 3 centuries in 9 ODIs.
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The one who was thrown out like a fly from milk…he hit 4 fours in a row, made a quick fifty and snatched the victory from the opposing team.
Century partnership with Babar Azam
Sam Ayub along with Babar Azam made a partnership of 114 runs for the second wicket. Babar was out after scoring 52 runs in 71 balls with the help of 7 fours, while Milak Ayub made a partnership of 93 runs for the third wicket with captain Mohammad Rizwan. Rizwan played an innings of 53 runs in 52 balls.
Even Babar Azam could not do this
Sam Ayub scored his third century in the 9th ODI of his career. Ayub played less matches than Babar Azam and scored three centuries in ODIs. Babar had to wait for 18 ODIs to reach his third century. For Pakistan, Sam is second in terms of scoring three centuries in the least number of ODI matches. Imam Haq has scored three centuries in less innings than Sam. Imam had done this feat in 8 matches. Sam played the first ODI of his career on the Zimbabwe tour on 28 November.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : December 22, 2024, 10:50 PM IST