Abdul Samad
Overview
Abdul Samad
- Big-hitting batter hailing from Rajouri in the Jammu region who can also bowl useful leg-spin.
- 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.
- 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.
- Became a regular member of the J&K team in the 2019–20 season.
- Scored back-to-back explosive centuries in his debut Ranji Trophy season.
- Picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakh for the 2020 IPL.
- Used primarily as a finisher in his debut IPL season and played a few cameos.
- Despite inconsistency in the following season, he was retained by SRH for INR 4 crore ahead of IPL 2022.
- Continued to struggle with consistency; moved in and out of the playing XI.
- Bought by Lucknow Super Giants for INR 4.2 crore in the 2025 IPL auction.
- Scored two hundreds - 127 & 108* - in the same match against Odisha in the 2024-25 Ranji season.
- 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.
Recent Batting
| Score | Opp | Format | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37*(20) | PBKS | T20 | 23 May 26 |
| DNB | RR | T20 | 19 May 26 |
| 7(3) | CSK | T20 | 15 May 26 |
| 0(2) | RCB | T20 | 15 Apr 26 |
| 18(22) | GT | T20 | 12 Apr 26 |
Recent Bowling
| Wickets | Opp | Format | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-6 | DC | T20 | 01 Apr 26 |
| 0-6 | PBKS | T20 | 01 Apr 25 |
| 0-8 | LSG | T20 | 04 Apr 22 |
| 1-9 | PBKS | T20 | 25 Sep 21 |
| 0-28 | PBKS | T20 | 08 Oct 20 |
Stats
Franchise & T20 leagues
club competitionsⓘ Career figures cover the formats we track (Test, ODI, T20I, first-class, List A) plus the franchise leagues shown above.
Full statistics tables
Batting
| Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Runs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 857 |
| Balls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 576 |
| Highest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Average | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.48 |
| SR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.79 |
| Not Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Fours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Sixes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Ducks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 50s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 200s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 300s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 400s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Test | ODI | T20 | IPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Balls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Runs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| Maidens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wickets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Avg | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 62.5 |
| Eco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.16 |
| SR | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.5 |
| BBI | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/9 |
| BBM | -/- | -/- | -/- | 1/9 |
| 4w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matches
Career
Matches by format
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