Former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja feels if opener Saim Ayub cannot carry out constantly then there was no level in breaking the established opening duo of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam. After he struggled to place up runs in opposition to New Zealand within the T20I collection final month, Saim Ayub confirmed indicators of enchancment with a quick-paced knock of 45(29) within the first T20I. Nevertheless, the younger opening batter could not sustain with the consistency within the second T20I and fell for a rating of 6 throughout Pakistan’s chase of 194 on Sunday in Dublin.

“I do not assume Saim Ayub provides you safety, he exhibits flashes of brilliance. When you do not rating 50 off 30 balls then breaking Rizwan and Babar’s opening duo would not make any sense,” Ramiz mentioned on his YouTube channel on Monday.

In 4 matches in opposition to the Blackcaps, the 21-year-old scored 52 runs at a median of 14.25 with 32 as his highest rating within the collection.

Earlier than Ayub, Babar and Rizwan have been the designated openers for the Males in Inexperienced they usually have been probably the most prolific openers within the white ball set-up as effectively.

In 4 matches in opposition to the Kiwis, Ayub scored 52 runs at a median of 14.25 with 32 as his highest rating within the collection. Earlier than Ayub, Babar and Rizwan have been the designated openers for the Males in Inexperienced they usually have been probably the most prolific openers within the white ball set-up as effectively.

Earlier than Hafeez’s reign introduced an finish to Babar and Rizwan’s time as openers, the stalwart Pakistan batters have been probably the most prolific opening pair that the T20I format ever witnessed.

The record-breaking duo of Babar and Rizwan solid a 105-run stand which was their third-century partnership within the final version of the Males’s T20I World Cup in 2022. They set a brand new file, for registering probably the most hundred stands as a gap duo within the historical past of the match.

After Eire emerged triumphant within the collection opener, Pakistan’s victory introduced the collection to stage phrases (1-1), the third match will resolve the winner of the collection which can be performed on Tuesday on the Clontarf Cricket Membership, Dublin.

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