PAK vs BAN LIVE: Saim Ayub goes past Afridi’s horrific ducks’ record

Pakistani all-rounder Saim Ayub's struggles continued in the Asia Cup 2025, as he scored his fourth duck in the Super Four match against Bangladesh at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Ayub now has scored his fourth duck of Asia Cup 2025. Image | Asian Cricket Council

Pakistani all-rounder Saim Ayub’s horrific Asia Cup 2025 continued as he scored his fourth duck of the tournament in the Pakistan vs Bangladesh Super Four match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

Ayub scores his fourth duck

Saim Ayub, who had scored three back-to-back ducks at the start of the Asia Cup 2025 as an opener, was brought down to number three to save him from the new ball. However, in the must-win knockout match against Bangladesh, Pakistan lost Shahibzada Farhan in the opening over from Taskin Ahmed, and Saim Ayub had to come to bat early in the innings.

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Just in the second over of the match and his third ball of the inning, Ayub tried to loft the ball over the mid-on fielder against Mahedi Hasan. However, the left-handed batter only managed to get the inside part of the bat, and it went straight to Rishad Hossain, who did not miss the chance to send him back to the dressing room.

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Saim Ayub’s horrific Asia Cup 2025 with the bat

In his six innings with the bat now, Saim Ayub has scored four ducks and reached the double-figure mark only twice in the tournament.

In the Asia Cup 2025, he has scored 23 runs off 27 balls in 6 innings.

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Ayub equals Shahid Afridi’s record

Saim Ayub has now gone past Shahid Afridi’s record for the second most ducks for Pakistan in T20 international cricket. In 45 innings, he now has 9 ducks in T20Is. Umar Akmal, with 10 ducks, is only ahead of him currently.

Earlier in the match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first. They made as many as three changes to their lineup while Pakistan remained unchanged. The winner of this match will play India in the Asia Cup 2025 final on 28 September.

Pakistan vs Bangladesh: Playing XIs

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris(w), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

Bangladesh: Saif Hassan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali(w/c), Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman

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