{"id":49808,"date":"2024-05-13T23:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T23:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/13\/breaking-mohammad-rizwan-and-babar-azams-opening-duo-doesnt-make-any-sense-ramiz-raja-issues-saim-ayub-warning-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T23:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T23:05:23","slug":"breaking-mohammad-rizwan-and-babar-azams-opening-duo-doesnt-make-any-sense-ramiz-raja-issues-saim-ayub-warning-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/13\/breaking-mohammad-rizwan-and-babar-azams-opening-duo-doesnt-make-any-sense-ramiz-raja-issues-saim-ayub-warning-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Breaking Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam&#8217;s opening duo doesn&#8217;t make any sense&#8217;: Ramiz Raja issues Saim Ayub warning | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-110079106,imgsize-47744.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;Breaking Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam&#8217;s opening duo doesn&#8217;t make any sense&#8217;: Ramiz Raja issues Saim Ayub warning | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"&#8216;Breaking Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam&#8217;s opening duo doesn&#8217;t make any sense&#8217;: Ramiz Raja issues Saim Ayub warning | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Ahead of the <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- -->, former Pakistan cricketer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ramiz-raja\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramiz Raja<\/a> believes that if opener <!-- -->Saim Ayub<!-- --> fails to perform consistently, it would be pointless to disrupt the well-established opening partnership of <!-- -->Mohammad Rizwan<!-- --> and <!-- -->Babar Azam<!-- -->.<br \/>Despite showing signs of improvement with a quick-fire knock of 45 off 29 balls in the first <!-- -->T20I<!-- --> against Ireland, Ayub struggled in the second match, scoring only 6 runs during Pakistan&#8217;s chase of 194 on Sunday in Dublin.<br \/>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think Saim Ayub gives you security, he shows flashes of brilliance. 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