Many cricketers of the world fail to win the Player of the Series award even once in their entire ODI career, but Pakistan's Saim Ayub has won that award twice in his short career of 9 matches. He was also chosen as the Player of the Series for his strong performance in the ODI series against South Africa. Earlier, Saim Ayub had become the Player of the Series against Zimbabwe. That means, he has become the Player of the Series in 2 out of the 3 series of his ODI career. And, if he continues to progress like this, then very soon he can also break Sachin Tendulkar's world record.
Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of being named Player of the Series the most number of times in ODI cricket. Sachin has been named Player of the Series 15 times in 108 ODI series. The second name in this list is currently Virat Kohli, who has won Player of the Series 11 times in 72 ODI series so far. In such a situation, if Saim Ayub maintains the ratio of 2 Player of the Series in 3 ODI series, then it is possible that he will come out on top at the fastest pace.
Saim Ayub needs 10 more Player of the Series awards to surpass Virat Kohli. To surpass Sachin's world record, he will have to win 14 more Player of the Series awards.
Now let's come to Sam Ayub's performance in the series, due to which he got the Player of the Series award. Sam Ayub scored 235 runs with 2 centuries in 3 matches of the ODI series against South Africa. During this, his average was 78.30. Apart from showing his prowess with the bat, Sam also took 2 wickets with the ball. Sam Ayub has given all the credit for becoming the Player of the Series against South Africa to the entire team.
Before South Africa, he also became the Player of the Series against Zimbabwe, where he scored 155 runs at an average of 77.50. His best score was 113 runs. Apart from this, he took 3 wickets in bowling.
