Abdul Samad (born 28 October 2001) is an Indian cricketer. He was born in Kala Kot in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. He made his T20 debut for Jammu & Kashmir in the 2018-19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019. He made his List A debut on 27 September 2019, for Jammu & Kashmir in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his first-class debut on 9 December 2019, for Jammu & Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy. Sunrisers Hyderabad recognized the talent of the youngster and were quick to pick him up in the auction ahead of Dream11 IPL 2020. Samad is an attacking young right-handed batsman and is very handy with the ball in hand as well. He is a part-time right-arm leg spin bowler.
Abdul Samad idiolizes former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan who has also been his coach with the Jammu & Kashmir team. Irfan Pathan has always highly praised young Samad and also mentors the youngster.
Salary:
Abdul Samad’s salary for Dream11 IPL 2020 is 20 lakh Rupees, which is the base price in the auction for an uncapped domestic player in their debut IPL season.
Highlights:
In his 10 first-class matches for Jammu & Kashmir Samad has a healthy average of 39.5 with the bat and the highest score of 128 runs having 2 centuries against his name in total. In 10 innings in domestic T20 Samad has scored 240 runs at an average of 40.0 with the highest score of 76 runs not out.
Samad made his debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Dream11 IPL 2020 on the 29th of September against Delhi Capitals.
Special moment for Abdul Samad 🧢🧡pic.twitter.com/5wbrp6S9Zd
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) September 29, 2020
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