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Batting All-Rounder
Abdul Samad
🇮🇳 India
BornOctober 28, 2001
FromKala Kot, Jammu & Kashmir
BatRight Handed Bat
BowlRight-arm legbreak
Abdul Samad

- Big-hitting batter hailing from Rajouri in the Jammu region who can also bowl useful leg-spin. <br/> - Spotted at the age of 16 during a trial camp in Jammu in 2018 by Irfan Pathan and Milap Mewada who were Jammu and Kashmir’s player-cum-mentor and head coach respectively at that time. <br/> - Debut for J&K in the 2018-19 season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and made an immediate impact with an unbeaten 76 off 51 balls. <br/> - Became a regular member of the J&K team in the 2019–20 season. <br/> - Scored back-to-back explosive centuries in his debut Ranji Trophy season. <br/> - Picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakh for the 2020 IPL. <br/> - Used primarily as a finisher in his debut IPL season and played a few cameos. <br/> - Despite inconsistency in the following season, he was retained by SRH for INR 4 crore ahead of IPL 2022. <br/> - Continued to struggle with consistency; moved in and out of the playing XI. <br/> - Bought by Lucknow Super Giants for INR 4.2 crore in the 2025 IPL auction. <br/> - Scored two hundreds - 127 & 108* - in the same match against Odisha in the 2024-25 Ranji season. <br/> - 2025-26 Ranji Trophy - 15 innings, 748 runs, 57.53 average, 5 fifties, 1 hundred. Leading run-scorer for his team and helped J&K win their maiden Ranji Trophy title.

Batting
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Matches00064
Innings00053
Runs000777
Balls000513
Highest00045
Average00019.92
SR000151.47
Not Out00014
Fours00048
Sixes00051
Ducks0003
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100s0000
200s0000
300s0000
400s0000
Bowling
Format ROWHEADERTestODIT20IPL
Matches00064
Innings0007
Balls00057
Runs000125
Maidens0000
Wickets0002
Avg0.00.00.062.5
Eco00013.16
SR0.00.00.028.5
BBI-/--/--/-1/9
BBM-/--/--/-1/9
4w0000
5w0000
10w0000