[Watch] Saim Ayub Goes 6,6,4 And Out In A Dramatic Single Over In PSL 2024
Saim Ayub shared a 46-run stand with captain Babar Azam (PSL)
Peshawar Zalmi opener Saim Ayub gatecrashed Quetta Gladiators’ new-ball attack in the powerplay itself with a barrage of crunching cuts and pulls all over the Rawalpindi Stadium.
Turning up for his side in match number 25 of the ongoing PSL 2024 season, the youngster blasted 30 scintillating runs off his first 11 deliveries and shared a 46-run opening partnership with captain Babar Azam. However, his six-laden blitz came to a halt after he was deceived by a slower delivery from Quetta Gladiators fast bowler Sohail Khan.
Saim Ayub goes bang, bang and out in PSL 2024 blitz
Saim Ayub, who raced to 14* off eight deliveries after the first two overs of the Peshawar Zalmi innings, launched Sohail Khan over deep point for a celestial six. Moreover, the 21-year-old batting prodigy slashed the Quetta Gladiators speedster for another maximum the very next delivery, this time sailing over the long-on boundary with much elegance.
Saim Ayub sustained his urbane assault with another boundary, albeit an accidental one after he failed to middle Khan’s short of a length delivery.
As it turned out, Ayub’s barbaric sequence was eventually halted by the Gladiators fast bowler in the fourth legal ball of the over, courtesy of a sharp slower delivery.
Watch: Saim Ayub unfurls cricketing extremes in thrilling PSL 2024 over
Saim Ayub’s 30-run thunderclap set up Peshawar Zalmi’s foundation for a strong powerplay start, as they blazed their way to 70-1 by the completion of their first six overs.
However, shortly after the powerplay, Mohammad Haris and wicketkeeper-batsman Haseebullah Khan both walked back to the sheds as Zalmi slipped to 100-3.