Abdul Samad (Indian cricketer)

Abdul Samad
Abdul Samad in 2022
Personal information
Full name
Abdul Samad Farooq
Born (2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 (age 22)
Kalakote, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatting Allrounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–Jammu & Kashmir
2020–Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 1)
FC debut09 December 2019 Jammu & Kashmir v Uttarakhand
List A debut17 November 2022 Jammu & Kashmir v Punjab
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 22 23 67
Runs scored 1094 538 1157
Batting average 37.72 23.39 28.92
100s/50s 3/6 0/6 0/4
Top score 128 68 76*
Balls bowled 270 204 126
Wickets 6 2 4
Bowling average 32.16 103.00 53.25
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/7 1/11 1/9
Catches/stumpings 15/- 6/- 37/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 February 2023

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 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]

  1. ^ "Abdul Samad". ESPNcricinfo. 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.