Father used to say stop cricket, son rebelled and continued playing, repaying his mother’s loan after playing Pakistan

New Delhi. If there is one batsman who has dominated the world cricket at this time, then it is Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam. There may be a lot of hue and cry about Babar’s strike rate in T20. But, in the scale of consistency in performance, in the last 2 years, he has been ahead of batsmen like Virat Kohli, Steve Smith. A new batsman is emerging in this Pakistan, who is being compared to Babar Azam. This batsman may bat with left hand. But, in a short span of time, he has impressed everyone with his batting and is being considered as the Babar of his future in Pakistan. The name of this batsman is Saim Ayub.

20-year-old Saim Ayub recently made his international debut in the T20 series against Afghanistan. Many youngsters like him made their debut for Pakistan on this tour. Even though the Pakistan team had lost this T20 series. But, left-handed batsman Saim Ayub won everyone’s heart with his quick batting. While opening in the last T20 against Afghanistan, Saim scored an inning of 49 runs. At the same time, in the first T20 against New Zealand, Saim had scored 47 runs in 28 balls while batting at number four.

Saim is Pakistan’s Mr. 360 degree
The good thing about Saim’s batting is that he puts shots in every corner of the ground and scores fast runs in the top order, which is most needed in T20 format. Saim made his debut in the Pakistan Super League this year and played for Peshawar Zalmi under the captaincy of Babar Azam. He scored 341 runs in 12 matches in the season at a strike rate of 165. 36 fours and 17 sixes were also blown.

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Saim reached Pakistan team while playing as an amateur
The journey to becoming a cricketer has not been easy for Saim Ayub. His father had enrolled him in the cricket academy as an amateur. But, gradually Saim Ayub’s hobby turned into passion and he started playing first club level and then age group cricket. Recently, Saim told about his journey in Nadir Ali’s podcast.

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Repaid mother’s debt after becoming a cricketer
Saim had said in Nadir Ali’s podcast, “Papa and the rest of the family did not know much about age group cricket. Seeing my hobby, he had enrolled me in the academy. I played under-16, under-19 tournaments. 4-5 years ago, in the Under-16, Under-19 tournaments, the player of the tournament used to get a reward of up to Rs 50,000. I used to always tell my mother to get me a good kit now. Spend money on me. I will pay off all your debt. It so happened that once I was selected as the best batsman in the National Under-16 tournament in Pakistan. 50 thousand rupees were received as a reward and I gave all that money to Ammi and told her that I have repaid your loan. However, after returning from every tournament, father used to tell me that now cricket is enough, stop it and focus on studies.

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