Watch Abdul Samad Reverse Scoop Arshdeep Singh Bowl Lsg vs Pbks IPL 2025

Lucknow: If there is talk of batsmen who scored 360 degrees in cricket, then AB de Villiers is first remembered. Suryakumar Yadav has also added his name to this list by playing shots everywhere from the ground. Apart from him, Jose Butler and Glenn Maxwell are also surprised by their bowlers with their excessive shot. But in IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants young batsman Abdul Samad played such a shot, which no one may have seen before.

A strange scoop shot

Abdul Samad played a wonderful scoop shot against a bowler like Arshdeep Singh. Indian team’s lead fast bowler Arshdeep Singh threw wide yorker. The ball was outside the wide line. Samad tried to scoop the ball with the short third man of the short third man, but at the last moment, the ball turned the ball to the wicketkeeper’s left. The ball went outside the fine leg boundary for fours.

27 runs off 12 balls

Abdul Samad scored 27 runs off just 12 balls in this match. He was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh’s ball in the last over. In the 18th over against Arshdeep, he hit three boundaries off three consecutive balls. Before that, he opened the account against Marco Yanseen by hitting a six on his first ball. Samad was part of Hyderabad till last season. Lucknow bought him for Rs 4 crore 20 lakh in auction.

Samad has made the image of finisher

Abdul Samad has created the image of Finisher in the IPL. For this reason, Lucknow had given Rs 4.20 crore to buy them even after being unconnected. Last season, he scored 182 runs for Hyderabad at a lower order at a strike rate of 169. It consisted of 15 fours and 11 sixes. This season, he has scored 49 runs in two matches at a strike rate of 245.