After suffering a crushing defeat in the first match against Zimbabwe, Pakistan made a wonderful comeback in the second ODI played in Bulawayo. Sam Ayyub became the hero of this amazing comeback, who scored a century in just 53 balls. Sam Ayyub completed his first century with the help of 19 fours and sixes. Sam Ayyub had made his ODI debut during the Australia tour, where he did amazing batting but he missed the century, but this time Sam did not miss and he scored a century. Sam Ayyub scored unbeaten 113 runs, during which he hit a total of 20 fours and sixes. Meaning, he sealed Pakistan's victory in just these 20 balls.

Sam Ayub's record

Sam Ayyub is at third place in terms of scoring the fastest century in ODI for Pakistan. Before this, the two fastest centuries were not by Shahid Afridi. He has scored a century in 37 balls against Sri Lanka and in 45 balls against India. Now Sam Ayyub has scored a century in just 53 balls. This is Pakistan's fastest ODI century in the last 19 years.

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Sam Ayyub reached such a century

Sam Ayub batted brilliantly as soon as he came to the crease. He along with Abdullah Shafiq took Pakistan's score to 50 runs in just 8 overs and after this the player reached his half-century in just 32 balls. During this, Sam Ayyub had scored 42 runs from the boundary. After this, Sam Ayyub continued batting faster and took Pakistan's score to 100 runs in 13.2 overs. Sam Ayyub completed his century in 53 balls and Pakistan won the second ODI in 18.2 overs.

Pakistan won the second ODI match by 10 wickets. Sam Ayyub's fellow opener Abdullah Shafiq scored 32 not out. The ODI series is now tied at 1-1 and the third and deciding match of the series will be played in Bulawayo on November 28.