Salman Agha shares Player Of The Match award with Saim Ayub after 1st ODI win

In a heartwarming gesture, Salman Agha decided to share his Player Of The Match award with youngster Saim Ayub after Pakistan’s thrilling win over.

South Africa in the first ODI on Tuesday, December 17. Ayub scored a magnificent 109 and Agha remained unbeaten on 82 and picked up 4 wickets to secure the victory at Paarl.

Pakistan were in trouble at 60 for 4 when the duo came together, and they put on 141 runs to ensure that the game belonged to the visitors in the end. Agha remained till the end of the game to ensure Pakistan got off to a winning start. The all-rounder was awarded the Player Of The Match, and he then decided to share it with Ayub for his knock. You can see the video below:

Agha would say that they were in a tricky spot and decided to take it one over at a time. The Pakistan vice-captain would say Ayub’s knock set the game up for Pakistan in the end.

“We were in a tricky position but we took it one over at a time and built it from there. His (Ayub’s) knock set up the game. He was there with the new ball and was running out of partners. The way he played the fast bowlers and scoring a hundred on this pitch was amazing,” said Agha.

Ayub said that he had kept the belief in his innings and thanked Agha for guiding him during his knock. “Obviously it is difficult. We were four down and on this track you need to keep the belief. He (Agha) is more experienced than me and was guiding me,” adds Ayub.

The Pakistan youngster is continuing a fine run of form in white-ball cricket. This was Ayub’s 2nd hundred in 3 matches and follows his heroic 98 not out in the 2nd T20I loss to the Proteas recently.