Michael Vaughan: “Saim Ayub will be a superstar. Gone early on this one”
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Former England captain Michael Vaughan has made an early prediction about Pakistan top order batsman Saim Ayub, backing him to “be a superstar.”
Ayub recently made his Test debut in the three-match series against Australia and made scores of 0 and 33 in the third Test in Sydney.
Even though it’s still early to say how good of an international career the 21-year-old will have, Vaughan has backed him to go big.
“Saim Ayub will be a superstar. Gone early on this one,” he said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Following the Australia tour, Ayub featured in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand and mustered 39 runs in four games at an average of 9.75 and a strike-rate of 130.
He will now play for the Peshawar Zalmi in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL), which begins on February 17.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad for PSL 9: Babar Azam (captain), Rovman Powell, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mohammad Haris, Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad (partially available), Arshad Iqbal, Haseebullah, Gus Atkinson (partially available), Asif Ali, Naveen-ul-Haq (reserved), Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Dan Mousley, Mohammad Zeeshan, Waqar Salamkheil, Mehran Mumtaz, Luke Wood, Sufyan Muqeem, Shamar Joseph
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