For Sam Ayub, the Asia Cup 2025 was like a nightmare, he scored just 37 runs in 7 innings. 4 times he was dismissed for zero. In the final against India, he was dismissed for 14 runs in 11 balls. This is the same batsman, for which former Pakistani cricketer Tanveer Ahmed predicted that he will hit 6 sixes in Jasprit Bumrah in the Asia Cup.
He could not even open an account in all three matches of the Asia Cup group stage. India was a strong team, their other 2 matches in the group stage were with Oman and UAE. After this, he scored 21 runs in front of India in Super-4, then he was dismissed by scoring only 2 runs against Sri Lanka. He was once again dismissed for zero against Bangladesh. He returned to the pavilion without opening an account a total of a total of a total of a total of in the tournament.
Sam Ayub in Asia Cup 2025
- Vs Oman (Group State): 0
- Vs India (Group State): 0
- Vs UAE (Group State): 0
- Vs India (Super-4): 21
- Vs Sri Lanka (Super-4): 2
- Vs Bangladesh (Super-4): 0
- Vs India (Final): 14
Sam Ayub’s average of 5.28
Ayub scored 37 runs in 7 innings at a strike rate of 97.36, his batsman average 5.58. Which is really disappointing and shameful. However, he contributed significantly to bowling. Except for the final, he got a chance to bowl in 5 in 6 matches, in which he took a total of 7 wickets. He came to bowl in powerplay several times.
Pakistan piled on 146 in Asia Cup final
Sam Ayub was opening in the first few matches, but due to the flop, his batting order was changed. Although the result did not change, Sahibzada Farhan (57) and Fakhar Zaman (46) made a good start for the first wicket for the first wicket in the final, but after Farhan’s dismissal, Ayub was dismissed for 14 runs in 11 balls. Pakistan had 2 wickets at 114, then it seemed that the team would make it by 180 but then the wickets kept falling.
Kuldeep Yadav took the most wickets for India in the Asia Cup final, he took 4 wickets for 30 runs in his 4 overs spell. Varun Chakraborty, Jaspreet Bumrah and Akshar Patel got 2-2 wickets.

