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Pakistan’s left-handed batter Saim Ayub made an unwanted record by matching the highest number of zeroes (ducks) in T20 internationals in a single year. The 23-year-old from Karachi had already scored three ducks in Pakistan’s Group A games during the Asia Cup 2025. On Thursday (September 25) in Dubai he was dismissed again without scoring this time after facing just three balls against Bangladesh. Saim Ayub has been dismissed for zero six times in 20 T20I games in 2025. So far no other player in the world has more ducks in a single year than him. Most ducks in a calendar year in T20Is PLAYER TEAM DUCKS YEAR Richard Ngarava Zimbabwe 6 2024 Saim Ayub Pakistan 6 2025 Blessing Muzarabani Zimbabwe 5 2024 Regis Chakabva Zimbabwe 5 2022 Sanju Samson India 5 2024 Hassan Nawaz Pakistan 5 2025 In the 2025 Asia Cup Saim Ayub was dismissed for a golden duck against Oman in Dubai on September 12. Just two days later in the much-anticipated Group A clash between India and Pakistan on September 14 he was out for another golden duck. This time he was caught by Jasprit Bumrah on the first legal ball of the match bowled by Hardik Pandya. During the game against the UAE in Dubai on September 17 Saim Ayub was sent back to the pavilion without scoring getting out on his second ball to Junaid Siddique. Saim Ayubs performance in the Asia Cup 2025 AGAINST RUNS BALLS VENUE DATE Oman 0 1 Dubai September 12 India 0 1 Dubai September 14 UAE 0 2 Dubai September 17 India 21 17 Dubai September 21 Sri Lanka 2 3 Abu Dhabi September 23 Bangladesh 0 3 Dubai September 25 Saim Ayub now has the second-most ducks in T20Is for Pakistan just behind Umar Akmal. Umar played 84 T20I matches for Pakistan between 2009 and 2019 and was out for zero 10 times. Saim has been dismissed without scoring nine times in 47 games so far. Most ducks in T20Is for Pakistan BATTER MATCHES RUNS DUCKS Umar Akmal 84 1690 10 Saim Ayub 47 839 9 Shahid Afridi 98 1405 8 Kamran Akmal 58 987 7 Mohammad Hafeez 119 2514 7 Babar Azam 128 4223 7 Although Saim hasn’t scored many runs in the Asia Cup 2025 he has stood out with the ball taking six wickets so far. In the Group A game against India he took 3 wickets for 35 runs in his four overs. Earlier on September 12 against Oman he claimed 2 wickets while giving away just 8 runs. Saim Ayub T20I ducks record Saim Ayub most ducks T20I ducks in a calendar year Pakistan cricket records Asia Cup 2025 Saim Ayub batting stats T20I cricket records Saim Ayub Pakistan