Abhishek Sharma vs Saim Ayub: When it comes to young batsmen in T20 International cricket, the names of India’s Abhishek Sharma and Pakistan’s Sam Ayub come up in the discussion first. Both the players have emerged as new hopes as openers for their respective teams. However, if we look at the statistics, an interesting match can be seen between these two batsmen.

Abhishek Sharma’s strong T20I record

Talking about the T20 International matches played so far, Abhishek Sharma has scored 1297 runs while batting in 40 innings in 41 matches. During this period, his average has been 34.13, which is considered quite good in a format like T20. His strike rate is 192.43, which clearly shows his aggressive batting style. Abhishek has also scored 2 centuries and 8 half-centuries in his short career.

Sam Ayub’s experience

On the other hand, Sam Ayub has scored 1291 runs while batting in 63 innings in 66 matches. Although his total runs are almost equal to Abhishek, but his batting average is 21.51, which is much less than Abhishek. His strike rate is 136.18. Sam has not been able to score any century in T20 International so far, although he has 6 half-centuries to his name.

Who is ahead in boundary hitting?

Abhishek Sharma is also seen ahead in terms of scoring boundaries. He has hit 123 fours and 88 sixes, whereas Sam Ayub has hit 135 fours and 59 sixes. That is, while Abhishek is adept at playing big shots, Sam relies more on hitting shots in the gaps.

Sam Ayub’s edge in fielding

Sam Ayub has definitely made progress in fielding. He has 27 catches in his name, while Abhishek Sharma has taken 18 catches.

Who is next?

Overall, if we talk about batting impact and strike rate, Abhishek Sharma seems to have the upper hand. Whereas Sam Ayub is seen a little behind him. This match between these two young batsmen is expected to become even more exciting in the coming times.

In the 27th league match of T20 World Cup 2026, the teams of India and Pakistan are facing each other at the R Premadasa Stadium located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Batting first in the match, Team India scored 175 runs for 7 wickets on the board in 20 overs. This is the biggest total in T20 World Cup matches between India vs Pakistan. During this, Ishan Kishan played the biggest innings for the team and scored 77 runs in 40 balls with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas for Pakistan, Sam Ayub took maximum 3 wickets.

Keeping the pitch in mind, mainly spin bowling was seen from Pakistan. The spinners bowled 18 overs for the team. The remaining 2 overs were bowled by fast bowler Shaheen Afridi. A total of 7 bowlers bowled for the team, which included 6 spinners.

Pakistan won the toss

Let us tell you that in the match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl. Now it will be interesting to see how right this decision proves for Pakistan.

Innings Break!

Ishan Kishan’s half-century and contribution from the middle order help #TeamIndia finish with 1⃣7⃣5⃣

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India got a bad start

Team India, which came on the field to bat first, had a very bad start. The team lost the first wicket in the very first over in the form of Abhishek Sharma, who returned to the pavilion without opening the account.

However, after Abhishek was out, Ishan Kishan took over the innings and made a partnership of 87 runs (46 balls) with Tilak Verma. Looking at this partnership, it seemed that Team India would easily reach the 200-run mark. But the Indian innings slowed down after Ishaan got out in the 9th over. After Ishaan, captain Suryakumar Yadav played an inning of 32 runs. Apart from this, Shivam Dubey scored 27 runs at a strike rate of 158.82.

Pakistan’s bowling

Sam Ayub was the bowler taking the maximum 3 wickets for Pakistan. Apart from this, captain Salman Aga, Usman Tariq and fast bowler Shaheen Afridi took 1 wicket each.

Asia cup 2025: In the Asia Cup 2025, the bat of Pakistan’s young opener Sam Ayub is completely silent. Ayub could not even open an account in all three group matches of the tournament. Returned the pavilion against Oman on the very first ball, he was also dismissed against India on Golden Duck and kept playing only two balls in the match against the United Arab Emirates without scoring runs. Three consecutive zero has put his batting in the dock.

However, Ayub’s bowling has been giving some relief. His spin has taken 6 wickets so far, but his frequent failures as an opener have remained a matter of concern for Pakistan. Meanwhile, former Pakistan team captain Rashid Latif has given an interesting statement defending him.

“Sometimes sitting on a camel, the dog bites” – Rashid Latif

Rashid Latif said in a conversation with Revsportz, “Sometimes the player’s time comes that even if he is sitting on a camel, the dog bites.

Latif further said that Ayub is constantly being dismissed in unfortunate ways, sometimes caught out, sometimes shot timing disturbances. He further said, “Every player has bad time. He will boil in a big match. Either it will break or burst.”

How did you get out Sam Ayub?

Oman Match – Faisal Shah caught out on a boom ball.

India match- While playing a shot off Hardik Pandya, Jaspreet Bumrah was caught.

UAE Match – Junaid Siddiqui’s ball caught out at third man.

On all three occasions, both Ayub’s shot selection and luck did not support him.

Pakistan’s entry in Super-4

Despite poor form, Pakistan has made its place in Super-4. Both India and Pakistan teams from Group-A have reached the next phase. Pakistan defeated UAE by 41 runs in their last group match and cut the ticket for Super-4. Now everyone’s eyes are on the India-Pakistan match on September 21, where fans will hope that Sam Ayub’s bat finally broke the silence.

Saim ayub golden duck in asia cup: In cricket, a bowler is famous for taking three wickets in three balls. At the same time, a batsman is known for hitting three consecutive sixes in three balls. But a batsman from Pakistan has become famous for making 0 (zero) in three consecutive matches. The name of this batsman of Pakistan is- Saim Ayub. Prior to the Asia Cup, there was a lot of claims in the Pakistani media that these players would hit fours and sixes in front of the opposition team, but the boundary is far away, Saim Ayub has not made even a run in the Asia Cup.

Saim Ayub’s hat -trick of ‘zero’

Pakistan opener Saim Ayub has a unique record. Ayub has made a record of being dismissed on zero in all three matches so far played in the Asia Cup.

• Pakistan’s first match was against Oman. In this match, Saim Ayub gave his wicket to Oman bowler Faisal Shah on the very first ball and went to the pavilion without opening an account.
• Pakistan’s second match was against India in the Asia Cup. In this match, Hardik Pandya took the wicket of Saim Ayub on the first ball. This was the second golden duck in Ayub’s Asia Cup.
• Now in the third match against the UAE, there was only one change in Ayub’s batting that in this match, these players got two balls instead of one, but there was no increase in terms of runs and Ayub once again walked towards the pavilion without opening an account.

Opening batsman to put ‘zero hat -trick’

Pakistan batsman Saim Ayub has become the third player to hold zero hat -trick as an opening batsman. Apart from this player, this record is named by West Indies opening batsman Andre Fletcher and former Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Hafeez.

• This record was made by West Indies batsman Andre Fletcher in 2009.
• Former Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Hafeez set a record of being dismissed for three consecutive times on Zero in 2012.
• Pakistan’s opening batsman Saim Ayub has once again added his team’s name to this category. Ayub has set this record in the Asia Cup 2025.

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7 Batsmen Score Most Runs in Asia Cup 2025: The Asia Cup 2025 is going to start from 9 September. For this tournament, 6 out of 8 teams have announced the squad. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Oman and Hong Kong China have announced their teams. At the same time, Squad of UAE and Sri Lanka is yet to be announced. This time in the tournament, many dhakad players can win the hearts of everyone with their batting. In the Asia Cup 2025, it will also be interesting to see which player can score the most runs this season, there are three strong contenders for India in this list.

1- Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma is at number 1 in ICC T20 International Batting Racking. While Abhishek’s team could not show anything amazing in IPL 2025, yet this player scored 439 runs. Abhishek’s top in the ICC rankings testifies that he is one of the best batsmen of this format.

2- Suryakumar Yadav

In the Asia Cup, Indian team captain Suryakumar Yadav is at number six with 739 rating points in ICC T20 International Batting Racking. Suryakumar scored 717 runs in the 18th season of IPL. This season he was the highest run -scorer at number two. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav can also spread the fire in the Asia Cup 2025.

3- Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill has returned to India’s T20 squad after about a year, but this player has also scored a lot of runs in the Test series against IPL and England. Gill scored more than 750 runs in the Test series itself. Gill also hit 650 runs in IPL 2025. In this tournament too, a lot of runs can be seen with Gill’s bat.

4- Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Afghanistan player Rahmanullah Gurbaz can also become the highest run -scorer in this tournament. Gurbaz is the only Afghan player to join the top 20 in the ICC T20 International Batting Racking.

5- Litton Das

The player who can become the highest run contender for Bangladesh, is the captain of this team Litton Das. The player has scored 2,292 runs in 107 matches in T20 International at an average of 22.47. In this tournament, runs can be seen with Litton Das’s bat.

6- Pathum Nisanka

Sri Lanka has not yet announced the team for the Asia Cup 2025. If Nisanka is included in Sri Lanka’s squad, then she can also become the highest run -scorer this season. Nisanka is at number 7 with 736 rating points in ICC T20 International Batting Racking. Nisanka is the only player from Sri Lanka in the top 10 rankings.

7- Sam Ayub

The name of Pakistani player Sam Ayub can also be included in this list. At the same time, no player of Pakistan’s elected team for the Asia Cup is also included in the top 20 in the ICC rankings. At the same time, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are named in the ICC rankings, but they are not included in the T20 squad.

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