{"id":9360,"date":"2024-12-18T12:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T07:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=9360"},"modified":"2024-12-18T12:29:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T07:29:12","slug":"pakistans-ayub-and-agha-seal-odi-win-over-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/sports\/pakistans-ayub-and-agha-seal-odi-win-over-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s Ayub and Agha Seal ODI Win Over South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paarl, South Africa:<\/strong> A dazzling century from rising star Saim Ayub powered Pakistan to a thrilling three-wicket victory over South Africa in the first ODI. The 22-year-old&#8217;s elegant knock of 109 runs off 119 balls proved to be the catalyst for Pakistan&#8217;s chase, as they successfully overhauled South Africa&#8217;s total of 239-9 with three balls to spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayub&#8217;s partnership with Salman Ali Agha, worth 141 runs, was the turning point in the match, as Pakistan recovered from a slow start to seize control of the game. The young opener&#8217;s aggressive batting, particularly against Ottniel Baartman, ignited the chase and brought Pakistan within touching distance of victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite losing Ayub late in the innings, Pakistan held their nerve to clinch a crucial win. This victory sets the tone for the series and highlights the immense talent of Saim Ayub, who continues to impress on the international stage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paarl, South Africa: A dazzling century from rising star Saim Ayub powered Pakistan to a thrilling three-wicket victory over South Africa in the first ODI. The 22-year-old&#8217;s elegant knock of 109 runs off 119 balls proved to be the catalyst for Pakistan&#8217;s chase, as they successfully overhauled South Africa&#8217;s total of 239-9 with three balls [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paksitan","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}