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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A snippet from @ABDULSAMAD___1's stroke-filled #RanjiTrophy ton against Pondicherry. #Paytm | #JKvCAP pic.twitter.com/AtL9azbQHG
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 19, 2022
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.