Abdul Samad (Indian cricketer)
Abdul Samad Farooq (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]
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| Full name | Abdul Samad Farooq | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 2001 Kalakote, Jammu and Kashmir, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batting Allrounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Jammu & Kashmir | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 09 December 2019 Jammu & Kashmir v Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 17 November 2022 Jammu & Kashmir v Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
He assembled 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]
He was signed by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2020 Indian Premier League.[7] He made his IPL debut on 29 September 2020, against the Delhi Capitals.[8] He scored 288 runs in 28 matches in IPL[9] He was retained by the franchise in the IPL 2022 auction.[10][11]
References
- "Abdul Samad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Group A, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Krishna, Feb 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- "Elite, Group C, Vijay Hazare Trophy at Jaipur, Sep 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- "Elite, Group C, Ranji Trophy at Dehradun, Dec 9-12 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- "IPL 2020 - Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad in power-packed band of uncapped Indian batsmen". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- "Who is Abdul Samad, the new boy in the Sunrisers Hyderabad XI?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- "Washington Sundar should recieve [sic] better treatment: opines Murali Karthik". Crickdom.news. 18 April 2023.
- "Umran Malik, Abdul Samad Retained For 4 Crore Each By SunRisers Hyderabad, Muralitharan Explains Why | Cricket News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- "IPL 2022: Sunrisers Hyderabad retain Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Abdul Samad and pacer Umran Malik". India Today. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.