Abdul Samad IPL 2021: Abdul Samad smashes two sixes off Pat Cummins in SRH vs KKR clash

Abdul Samad smashes two sixes off Pat Cummins: The batsman from Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled his first ball for an eye-catching six.

During the third match of the 14th season of the ongoing Indian Premier League between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai, Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Abdul Samad treated Kolkata Knight Riders spearhead Pat Cummins with disdain hitting a couple of sixes in his over.

Coming in to bat at No. 7 in the penultimate over with 38 runs needed to win off 12 balls, Samad pulled his first delivery for an eye-catching six to become a source of amazement for one and all.

Having ran a couple of runs on the next delivery, Samad made the most of Cummins missing a yorker only to be his down the ground for another six. While Samad’s 8-ball 19* wasn’t enough to win the match for Hyderabad, he once again gave glimpses of his big-hitting abilities.

Despite a 92-run partnership for the second wicket between Manish Pandey (61*) and Jonny Bairstow (55), Sunrisers failed to seal the chase primarily due to lack of support from their other batsmen. With bowling figures of 4-0-35-2, Prasidh Krishna was the pick of the bowlers for the Knight Riders. In addition to Krishna, the likes of Cummins, Andre Russell and Shakib Al Hasan picked a wicket apiece.

Earlier, Kolkata had posted a dominating 187/6 in their allotted quota of 20 overs on the back of a 93-run partnership for the second wicket between Nitish Rana (80) and Rahul Tripathi (53) after Sunrisers captain David Warner won the toss and chose to field.

Abdul Samad smashes two sixes off Pat Cummins

Young Lads smashing Experienced bowlers
Abdul Samad- Pat Cummins
WOW!
Credit @IPL #SRHvsKKR #KKR #KKRvSRH pic.twitter.com/lggNixgNSM

— SHAHEER.tweets.cricket❤️ (@Muhamma77949599) April 11, 2021

Whatta hit that was @ABDULSAMAD___1 #abdulsamad pic.twitter.com/r6OE80cZBt

— Nasir khan (@Nasirkh80026140) April 11, 2021

How Twitterati reacted:

Well done @KKRiders on winning this game. With Russel bowling they have 6 quality options. But why was samad sent so late ?? #KKRvSRH

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 11, 2021

Abdul Samad has faced 18 different bowlers in IPL. But he’s hit only 4 of them for sixes.

They are..

Cummins – 3 sixes (8 balls)
Bumrah – 2 sixes (6 balls)
Nortje – 2 sixes (8 balls)
Rabada – 1 six (5 balls)#SRHvsKKR #IPL2021 #SRH

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 11, 2021

One to watch out for this season @ABDULSAMAD___1 👀 #SRHvKKR https://t.co/4gEL21WR7M

— PUMA Cricket (@pumacricket) April 11, 2021

19-year-old @ABDULSAMAD___1 from Jammu & Kashmir has hit 3 sixes against Cummins, 2 sixes against Bumrah, 2 sixes against Nortje and 1 sixes against Rabada in IPL – Mad guy.#KKRvSRH @IrfanPathan @cricketaakash pic.twitter.com/vkaNPMCK0v

— Ashraf Ali اشرف (@Hussainashraf71) April 11, 2021

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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