Saim Ayub, born in Karachi, Pakistan, is a talented cricket player with a right-arm off-break bowling technique and left-handed opening batsman. He made his debut for Pakistan in a Twenty20 International match against Afghanistan on March 24, 2023. Ayub has played for various teams, including Peshawar Zalmi Guyana Amazon Warriors and Quetta Gladiators. His top score in ODIs was 113*, and he has taken 13 wickets in T20s and 3 wickets in ODIs.
Ayub has participated in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy with Sindh and the Pakistan Super League with Quetta Gladiators. In November 2024, he played his first One-Day International (ODI) match for Pakistan against Australia. In his T20 career, he represented Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League and Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League. Ayub has set several records, including the fastest fifty by a Pakistani batsman in Twenty20 Internationals.
Ayub's impressive statistics include 6 games, 323 runs, 26 points, 91 average, and 77 high score in ODIs, and 23 games, 309 runs, an average of 14 points, and a high score of 49 in T20Is. He has also won the 2022–2023 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Emerging Player of the Tournament and was part of the Pakistani team that won the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in 2022.
Ayub is an aggressive opening batsman with a powerful swing, capable of playing both offensively and defensively. His domestic cricket record includes scoring 113* in ODIs at its highest.
