Pakistan opening batsman Saim Ayub: “I am happy that I got failures in my early stage. Now I know what standards I have to reach. If I had early success, I wouldn’t improve in those important areas”
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New Pakistan batting sensation Saim Ayub conceded that he is glad he has failed early on in his international career as he knows he can learn a lot from it.
The 21-year-old has featured in 12 T20Is and scored 162 runs at an average of 14.72 and a strike-rate of 124.61.
He also made his Test debut in the recent three-match series against Australia and struck 0 and 33 in the third Test in Sydney.
Having fallen short of the mark thus far, Ayub pointed out that he is now aware of “what standards I have to reach” and what he must do to get there.
“I learned a lot from failures. Top cricketers told me that you learn more from failures than you learn from success. I am happy that I got failures in my early stage. Now I know what standards I have to reach. If I had early success, I wouldn’t improve in those important areas,” he was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
Following the Australia tour, Ayub was involved in Pakistan’s five-match T20I series against New Zealand and finished with 39 runs in four games at an average of 9.75 and a strike-rate of 130.
He is now representing the Peshawar Zalmi in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL), where he has accumulated 175 runs in five matches, which includes a top score of 88, at an average of 35 and a strike-rate of 153.50.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad for PSL 9: Babar Azam (captain), Rovman Powell, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Asif Ali, Mohammad Haris, Aamer Jamal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Dan Mousley, Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mehran Mumtaz, Luke Wood, Sufiyan Muqeem, Waqar Salamkheil, Arshad Iqbal, Gus Atkinson, Shamar Joseph
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