Shoaib Akhtar Prediction On Pakistan Cricket: Pakistani cricket player Shoaib Akhtar, popularly known as Rawalpindi Express, has made a prediction about Sam Ayub. While talking to PTV Sports, the veteran player of Pakistan cricket said that in the form of Sam Ayub, Pakistani cricket has got a big player, who can perform better for the team in all three formats Test, ODI and T20.

While talking on Pakistani channel, Shoaib Akhtar said that ‘Pakistani cricket has got a big player in the form of Sam Ayub, whose credit can be given to the Pakistani management. The Pakistan Cricket Board and the team coach expressed confidence in this player, gave him many opportunities to play and Sam Ayub has taken advantage of it very well. Shoaib Akhtar further said that ‘Whoever wants to become a star, he becomes one, paths also open for him and for the player who has to reach there, luck also takes him there’.

Tremendous performance against South Africa

Pakistan cricket team has defeated South Africa in ODI and T20. This was Pakistan’s home series, in which Sam Ayub’s tremendous performance was seen. Sam Ayub played an inning of 77 runs in the third and last ODI against South Africa and Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets. Along with this, the series was also captured.

Pakistan’s opening batsman Sam Ayub scored 169 runs in three ODI matches against South Africa, scoring half-centuries in two matches. Ayub scored 39 runs in the first match, 53 runs in the second match and 77 runs in the third match. In the T20 series also, Sam Ayub had scored 108 runs in 3 matches. Seeing this tremendous performance of Ayub, Shoaib Akhtar has called him the best batsman of all three formats.

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A 5-match T20 series will be played between India and Australia, the top 2 teams in the ICC T20 rankings, from October 29. Pakistan vs South Africa 3 match T20 series is starting from Tuesday. A lot will change in the ICC rankings after this series, but who is the batsman, bowler and all-rounder at number one right now? Let us know and information about the top 5 players in each category is also given here.

Top-5 teams of T20

Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, is currently at number one in the ICC T20 team rankings. India has 272 ratings and 17396 points in 64 matches. Australia is at second place with 268 rating and 10434 points.

• 1- India (272 ratings)
• 2- Australia – (268 ratings)
• 3- England- (258 ratings)
• 4- New Zealand-(250 rating)
• 5- South Africa-(241 ratings)

Who is the number one batsman in T20?

India’s Abhishek Sharma is the number-1 batsman in T20, he has 926 rating points. Talking only about Australian batsmen, Travis Head is at the top of the rankings, he is at sixth position in the list with 743 rating. Abhishek and Travis Head both play for the same team (Sunrisers Hyderabad) in IPL.

Top-5 batsmen in ICC rankings

• 1- Abhishek Sharma (India)- 926
• 2- Phil Salt (England) – 857
• 3- Tilak Verma (India)- 819
• 4- Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka) – 779
• 5- Jos Buttler (England)- 775

Who is the number one bowler in T20?

Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy is the world’s number-1 T20 bowler. He became the number-1 bowler during Asia Cup 2025. He has 803 rating points. Talking about Australian bowlers, Adam Zampa is at the top, who is at 5th place in the list with 691 rating.

Top 5 T20 bowlers in ICC rankings

• 1- Varun Kakraborty (India)- 803
• 2- Akeal Hosein (West Indies)- 699
• 3- Adil Rashid (England)- 696
• 4- Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)- 693
• 5- Adam Zampa (Afghanistan)- 691

Who is the number one all-rounder in T20?

Pakistan’s Sam Ayub is the world’s number-1 T20 all-rounder. India’s top all-rounder in the list is Hardik Pandya, who is at second place with 233 rating. However, Hardik is not a part of the upcoming T20 series against Australia. Talking about Australia, there is no player in the top-5 or top-10.

Top-5 T20 all-rounders in ICC rankings

• 1- Sam Ayub (Pakistan)- 241
• 2- Hardik Pandya (India) – 233
• 3- Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) – 223
• 4- Deependra Singh (Nepal)- 202
• 5- Alexander Raja (Zimbabwe) – 198

ICC No-1 Allrounder Rankings in Test, Oneday or T20Is: ICC keeps releasing rankings of players from time to time, which is based on the performance of the players. ICC’s latest rankings for October 2025 are shocking, in which the number-1 all-rounders in all three formats are different players. India’s legendary all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is the number-1 all-rounder in Test, while players from other countries are present in ODI and T20 International.

Number-1 all-rounder in test cricket

India’s legendary all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja continues to dominate the ICC Test all-rounder rankings. He has been present at the position of number-1 all-rounder in Test cricket for a long time. In the latest ICC rankings for October 2025, Jadeja is at number one with 430 rating points. Jadeja has performed brilliantly with both bat and ball, due to which his ranking as number-1 all-rounder has remained intact for a long time. After Jadeja, Mehdi Hasan Miraj of Bangladesh is at second place in the ranking and England captain Ben Stokes is at third place.

Number-1 all-rounder in ODI cricket

Zimbabwe’s all-rounder Sikandar Raza has done wonders in the ICC ODI all-rounder rankings. At the age of 39, Alexander achieved the ranking of number-1 all-rounder for the first time in his career. In the latest ICC rankings for October 2025, Alexander has come at number one with 302 rating points. He has left behind Afghanistan’s all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai. Now Omarzai is at second position in the ranking and another experienced all-rounder of Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi is at third position in the ranking.

Number-1 all-rounder in T20 International

Pakistan’s Sam Ayub is at number one in ICC’s T20 International all-rounder rankings. In the latest ICC rankings for October 2025, Ayub has achieved 241 rating points and has left behind India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Now Hardik is at second place in the ranking. At the third position is Afghanistan’s experienced all-rounder Mohammad Nabi.

India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s head-1 crown has been taken away from the head-1. On Wednesday, the ICC has released the ranking of T20 International. There has been a big upset in the all -rounder rankings in T20 International. Sam Ayub of Pakistan, who is dismissed for four times in the 2025 Asia Cup, has now become world number-1 all-rounder in T20 International.

In the latest rankings, Hardik Pandya has slipped one place to another position, while Sam Ayub has jumped four places to make number-1. Let us know that Sam Ayub was dismissed for 4 times in the 2025 Asia Cup. In this tournament, Sam Ayub scored just 48 runs with the bat. However, Sam performed amazing in bowling.

In 2025 Asia Cup, Sam Ayub took 2 wickets for just 8 runs against Oman. Apart from this, he sent 3 batsmen to the pavilion against India. Sam Ayub took a total of 8 wickets in 7 matches of this Asia Cup.

Abhishek Sharma created history

India’s explosive opener Abhishek Sharma has created history in the ranking of batsmen. Abhishek has become the batsman to achieve the most rating points. 25 -year -old Abhishek has broken the record of about five years old by achieving the highest rating (931) ever.

Abhishek scored 314 runs in 7 matches of Asia Cup 2025 with an average of 44.86. During this, he scored 74 runs against Pakistan in Super-4 matches, while 75 runs against Bangladesh. Abhishek scored 61 runs against Sri Lanka. He was the Player of the Tournament.

Abhishek Sharma reached a rating of 931 points with a great performance in the Asia Cup. With this, he surpassed the previous 919 points last best rating, which was achieved by England’s right -handed batsman David Malan in 2020. Abhishek has also defeated Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli in terms of the highest rating points.

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.

Pakistan cricket team defeated Bangladesh by 11 runs on Thursday to advance to the final of the Asia Cup 2025. Batting first, Pakistan scored only 135 runs, that too due to lower order batsmen. Otherwise, half of Pakistan’s team had returned to the pavilion at 49. Mohammad Haris (31), Mohammad Nawaz (25) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (19) played important innings. In this match, due to the poor fielding of Pakistan, there was a chance of a run out, this was a very easy opportunity. Seeing this video, you will also laugh.

In the fifth over by Shaheen Shah Afridi, Tauheed Hridaya hit a shot towards the backward point, Saim Ayub stopped it by putting a brilliant dive. Saif Hasan, who was standing on a non -strike, had reached the batting end, Ayub threw the other end but the bowler did not show the game awareness and did not reach the wicket. This throw went to the fielder of mid on, but he too could not collect it and hit it on the wicket if he could not collect the ball properly. Even on the wicket, two Pakistani players almost collided.

Irfan Pathan said- expects such from Pakistan

Seeing this, Irfan Pathan, who is commentary, said, “You hope that such fielding has lost this big opportunity, Pakistan has lost this big opportunity.

Both batters at the same end but still survive

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Bangladesh could score 124 runs, Pakistan reached final

Although Tauheed Hridaya could not play any big innings, he was dismissed by Shaheen Shah Afridi on a score of 5. Parvez Hussain could not open an account and Saif Hasan fell victim to Haris Rauf after scoring 18 runs. Bangladesh’s 5 wickets fell for 63 runs. The 9th wicket of the team fell for 101 runs, then for the final wicket, Rishad Hussain (16) and Mustafizur Rahman (6) shared a 23 -run partnership to bring Bangladesh closer to victory but could not win.

Pakistan won the match by 11 runs and made it to the finals of the Asia Cup 2025. Now the title match between India and Pakistan will be held on September 28 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Although talking about fielding, Team India has left a lot of catches in this edition, 4 catches were also missed against Pakistan. Team India will have to improve it.

In the early Asia Cup 2025, Saim Ayub was starting the innings for Pakistan, but Fakhar Jaman was replaced for opening after a consecutive flop. Ayub’s batting order changed but his form remained the same. He was dismissed for zero in an important match against Bangladesh, this season (Asia Cup 2025) was the fourth time when Ayub was ‘Duck’.

The performance of other Pakistan batsmen with Saim Ayub was also disappointing on Thursday. Sahibzada Farhan 4, Fakhar Jaman 13, Salman Ali Aga 19 and Hussain Talat were dismissed for 3 runs. Pakistan’s 5 wickets had fallen on a score of 49, he was Mohammad Haris (31), Shaheen Afridi (19), Mohammad Nawaz (25) to take the team to 135.

Pakistan also defended a score of 135 on the basis of good bowling. Bangladesh could score 124 runs in 20 overs. Pakistan won the match by 11 runs and made it to the finals of the Asia Cup 2025. Now the title collision will take place on September 28 in Dubai between India and Pakistan.

Shameful record recorded in the name of Saim Ayub

Talking about Saim Ayub’s performance in the Asia Cup 2025, he flopped badly with the bat. He was ‘Duck’ in all three matches of the group stage. In Super-4, 21 against India and only 2 against Sri Lanka were able to score, he was once again dismissed for zero against Bangladesh. He has played a total of 25 balls in this tournament, scored 23 runs.

In a series of T20 International Cricket or a tournament, Saim Ayub has become the most frequent players (in full member countries) to get out of zero. Earlier this was the name of unwanted record Andre Fletcher, who was dismissed for 3 times in the 2009 T20 World Cup.

Will Ayub play in the final of Asia Cup 2025?

The final of the Asia Cup 2025 will be played between India and Pakistan on 28 September. Looking at Ayub’s form, he should have already been out, as many former cricketers of Pakistan have spoken. But there is one thing that he is playing an important role in bowling. Except for the match against Sri Lanka, in other matches, he came to bowl in the powerplay itself. He bowled in 5 matches so far and took 8 wickets. It remains to be seen whether the Pakistan cricket team once again trusts Ayub or will be dropped for a big match.

Pakistan, batting first, set a target of 172 runs in front of India. However, she was able to score 30 to 40 runs from as she got the beginning. Suryakumar Yadav’s trick worked, Indian bowlers in the middle overs were successful in slowing Pakistan’s fast innings. There was no boundary in Pakistan’s innings for 39 balls, Shivam Dubey, meanwhile, put 3 overs without giving boundary.

Sahibzada Farhan hit a six off the third ball of the 10th over by Akshar Patel, after which Akshar gave just 1 run off the next 3 balls. Suryakumar Yadav gave the next 11th over to Shivam Dubey, he walked Saim Ayub in this over. He was caught out while hitting a big shot on the third ball of the over, his catch was caught by Abhishek Sharma.

Suryakumar Yadav worked over Shivam Dubey. After this, Varun Chakraborty gave just 7 runs in the 12th over. The next over was put by Shivam Dubey and gave just 7 runs without giving any boundary. The pressure on Pakistan’s batsmen was increasing due to lack of boundary, which is why Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Hussain Talat on the first ball of the 14th over.

In the 15th over, Sahibzada Farhan was also a victim of Shivam Dubey, he was caught out for a big hit. It was under pressure to not come for a boundary for a long time, even in this over, Dubey did not let any boundary come.

39 balls did not get boundary

After a six off the third ball of the 10th over, the next boundary came on the first ball of the 17th over, Salman Ali Aga hit a six off Kuldeep Yadav. For 39 balls, no batsman of Pakistan was able to put a boundary.

Dube is dealing in wickets!

The same bat that danced in celebration just danced out of farhan’s hands

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Work Done Suryakumar Yadav’s move

Earlier, Pakistan batsmen were putting big hits, they were moving towards a good total and it seemed that today the team could score above 200. But Suryakumar Yadav then gave an over to Shivam Dubey and did this work. In these 39 balls without bounded, Dubey alone took 3 overs, he also took 2 big wickets. Dubey took 2 wickets for 33 runs in his 4 overs spell.

Jasprit proved to be Bumrah, the most expensive for India, who gave 45 runs in 4 overs and could not take any wickets. Hardik Pandya took 1 wicket for 29 runs in 3 overs. Kuldeep Yadav also got 1 wicket, he gave 31 runs in 4 overs.

In the Asia Cup 2025 Super-4, Abhishek Sharma had a catch of Sahibzada Farhan in the first over against Pakistan, who played a half-century innings. The fielding of the Indian team was not good in this match, but Abhishek impressed everyone with a great catch. Saim Ayub wanted to hit a big shot on the third ball of the 11th over by Shivam Dubey, which did not get a distance. Abhishek, who came running from deep backward square, caught a great catch by diving.

Abhishek Sharma caught the amazing catch

In this match, 2 catches were missed from Abhishek Sharma, after which despair was clearly visible on his face. In the 11th over, he caught Ayub and sent Ayub to the pavilion. He stood in deep backward square, the ball was in the air. Abhishek ran, diving forward and caught the ball with both hands. There was a satisfaction on his face with a passionate celebration, because before that 2 catches were missed from him.

Abhishek sharma pulls off a stunner

Shivam Dube Gets His Man, Saim Ayub!

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India’s fielding was simple

India’s fielding was simple in this match against Pakistan, the players left many easy catchs, Miss field was also seen. Kuldeep Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill left the catch easily. Batting first after losing the toss, Pakistan gave India a target of 172 runs. Sahibzada Farhan scored the most runs for Pakistan, scoring 58 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours. Faheem Ashraf scored critical 20 runs in 8 balls.

Shivam Dubey took the most 2 wickets for India, he dismissed Sahibzada and Saim Ayub. Apart from this, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav got 1-1 wickets.

Saim Ayub scored 21 runs in the Asia Cup 2025’s Super-4 match against India. A lot happened in this short innings, Kuldeep Yadav left an easy catch of him, then Abhishek Sharma caught him a great catch and sent him to the pavilion. After being dismissed for 3 consecutive times, he scored runs with his bat. He shared a 72 -run partnership with Sahibzada Farhan for the second wicket.

There was a doubt about Saim Ayub whether he would be fed against India in the Asia Cup 2025 Super-4, as he could not even open an account in all three matches of the group stage. In this, 2 matches were against small teams like UAE and Oman. In the Super-4, his bat against India was the first run of the Asia Cup 2025.

Kuldeep Yadav left an easy catch

On the fourth ball of the fifth over by Varun Chakraborty, Saim Ayub wanted to hit a big shot, the ball just went high. There was an easy catch for Kuldeep Yadav standing on the short fine leg, but the ball shook from his hand. At this time Ayub was on 4 runs.

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Abhishek Sharma caught Ayub’s catch

Abhishek Sharma had a catch of Sahibzada Farhan at zero in the first over, who hit a half -century (58). Saim Ayub wanted to hit a big hit on the third ball of the 11th over by Shivam Dubey, but the ball did not go away. Abhishek Sharma, who came running from deep backward square, caught a good catch with both hands by diving.

India and Pakistan’s playing 11 in Asia Cup 2025 Super-4

Team India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicket -keeper), Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Jaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wicket -keeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.