Arduous-hitting Abdul Samad on Monday turned the primary J&Ok participant to hit two lots of in a Ranji Trophy match.
Taking up Odisha on the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Samad’s explosive 117-ball 127 was laced with six fours and 9 sixes within the first innings. Thought J&Ok missed out on the first-innings lead after Odisha made 272 in reply to their 270, Samad return with one other quickfire knock to sail over his crew’s top-order collapse.
The 22-year-old crafted his second century of the match in solely 105 balls with 5 fours and 6 sixes. No different J&Ok batter had achieved the feat of scoring two tons in a First Class match earlier than. Samad’s 15 maximums within the match has solely been bettered twice earlier than by Indians in First Class cricket. Samad completed unbeaten on 108 off 108 balls as J&Ok set a 269-run goal with just a little greater than two periods to play on Day 4.
Samad has aggregated over 1400 runs in 25 First Class matches with six centuries. Samad’s hard-hitting expertise was noticed by SunRisers Hyderabad who roped him into the franchise in 2020. Samad made 50 look for SRH throughout 5 seasons between 2020-2024, scoring over 550 runs, together with 36 sixes
Samad has ofted credited his early success to Irfan Pathan, the previous India all-rounder, who as J&Ok’s mentor had noticed him in 2018 in the course of the trials at Jammu’s Science Faculty Floor.
Even again then, {the teenager} had all of the photographs and the boldness to again his burgeoning skills. Pathan was immediately impressed and determined to draft him within the squad. “I first noticed him two years in the past throughout trials organised to identify upcoming expertise. I used to be instantly impressed by his stroke-play and his capacity to hit photographs on the up. There have been about 400 guys and he was one of many 5 whom I had picked,” Pathan advised the Indian Categorical.
Most sixes in a First Class match by Indians
26 – Tanmay Agarwal (Hyderabad v Arunachal Pradesh) – 2023-24
21 – Rishabh Pant (Delhi v Jharkhand) – 2016-17
15 – Abdul Samad (J&Ok v Odisha) – 2024-25*
15 – Yusuf Pathan (West Zone v South Zone) – 2009/10
