Pakistan top-order batter Saim Ayub’s horrible Asia Cup 2025 has been summarised in one stat. He averaged just 5.28 in the tournament, becoming the first Pakistani top-order batter and only the fifth ever to aggregate at under 10 in a men’s T20 series among full-member nations.

He’s the second-worst on the list, only behind Zimbabwe’s Regis Chakabva, who averaged only five in the 2022 T20 World Cup. The list is rounded up by New Zealand’s Will Young (7.60 in New Zealand’s tour of Pakistan, 2023, another Black Caps star Rachin Ravindra (9.40, New Zealand against Bangladesh in 2021), and Bangladesh’s Soumya Sarkar (9.60, 2016 T20 World Cup).

Ayub, 23, is considered one of the most promising players in the current Pakistani side, especially in white-ball cricket. On Sunday, he scored 14 (11

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