Abdul Samad

Indian cricketer

Abdul Samad (born 28 October 2001) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jammu & Kashmir in domestic cricket and for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler.[1]

Abdul Samad
Personal information
Full nameAbdul Samad Farooq
Born (2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 (age 22)
Kalakote, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–presentJammu & Kashmir
2020–presentSunrisers Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 10 11 29
Runs scored 592 307 510
Batting average 39.46 27.90 36.42
100s/50s 2/3 0/4 0/2
Top score 128 68 76*
Balls bowled 108 168 108
Wickets 4 2 3
Bowling average 17.75 81.50 62.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/7 1/11 1/14
Catches/stumpings 7/0 2/0 15/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 April 2021

Samad is the third cricketer from Jammu & Kashmir to feature in the IPL.[2] He made his IPL debut against Delhi Capitals on 29 September 2020.[3]

Career change

He made his Twenty20 debut for Jammu & Kashmir in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019.[4] He made his List A debut on 27 September 2019, for Jammu & Kashmir in the 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Trophy.[5] He made his first-class debut on 9 December 2019, for Jammu & Kashmir in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy.[6]

References change

  1. "Abdul Samad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. Sen, Rohan (30 September 2020). "Abdul Samad sheds light on IPL debut: People back home have lot of expectations from me". India Today. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. Sen, Rohan (3 October 2020). "Yusuf Pathan praises brother Irfan for finding Abdul Samad: You can be a good scout for IPL teams". India Today. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. "Group A, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Krishna, Feb 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  5. "Elite, Group C, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Jaipur, Sep 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  6. "Elite, Group C, Ranji Trophy at Dehradun, Dec 9-12 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

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