WATCH: Abdul Samad's Century Takes Jammu Kashmir To First-Innings Lead Against Pondicherry

Ranji Trophy 2022: Jammu Kashmir's Abdul Samad, who caught the limelight in the IPL with his hard-hitting for Sunrisers Hyderabad, has now shown why he was retained amongst the three players by SRH. 

In the ongoing Ranji Trophy match between Jammu & Pondicherry, the 20-year old batter smashed 103 runs off just 78 balls, with 19 fours and 2 sixes, at an amazing strike rate of 132.05. Abdul's knock helped Jammu & Kasmir to assert a first-inning lead against Pondicherry in their opening fixture in Ranji Trophy 2022. 

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Abdul Samad made a statement in the IPL when he showed muscle and power-hitting for Hyderabad-franchise. SRH were so impressed that they retained the uncapped player, along with pacer Umran Malik and Kiwi captain Kane Williamson. 

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While talking about the match, after being put in to bat first, Pondicherry posted a total of 343 with a century from PK Dogra (108) and a fifty from S Karthik (63). For J&K, Parvez Rasool was the best bowler with 4 wickets, while Umran Malik picked up 3 and Ram Dayal, Abid Mushtaq and Abdul Samad picked up 1 wicket each.

In reply, J&K posted 426 with Abdul Samad's century and fifties from Qamran Iqbal (96), Jatin WAdhwan (69) & Shubham Singh Pundir (51). Sagar V Trivedi picked up 5 wickets, Sagar P Udeshi picked up 3 and Fabid Ahmed picked up 2 wickets, as J&K managed a first-innings lead of 83 runs.