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Sayyed Iqbal Abdulla – A Player of IPL Kolkata Knight Riders is a notout batsman.

Sayyed Iqbal Abdulla, is popularly known as Iqbal Abdulla. He is an upcoming youngster with ample potential to be a member of national squad.

Sayyed Iqbal Abdulla was born on December 2, 1989 in Bombay or present Mumbai of Maharashtra State, India.

Iqbal Abdulla is an all rounder. Though he is a dependable low order batsman but he is recognized for his orthodox slow spin bowling.

He bowls with left-arm and bats with left hand.

Iqbal Abdulla is an established cricketer of Mumbai club circuit. He plays as a member of Mumbai team for

1. Ranji Trophy
2. Indian Greens
3. Challenger Trophy and

also plays for Kolkata Knight Riders, a franchise of Indian Premier League.

Sayyed Iqbal Abdulla’ Cricket Career:

Iqbal Abdulla got into glare of public eye while playing against Haryana in Twenty20 format. He swept Haryana batting side with his excellent bowling

performance. He took five wickets in this match.

Iqbal Abdulla’s excellent performance against Haryana, has opened threshold for him to International competitions. He was selected for Indian U-19s for a

tri-series against Sri Lanka. In this series he was the third-highest wicket-taker with eight wickets for 69 runs in 31.1 over

His ten wickets at 13 apiece played an important role in India U-19s winning the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008 (?).

Iqbal Abdulla’s First Class Matches Record.
His debut to first class match was for Mohammad Nissar Trophy, played between Karachi Urban v Mumbai for 2007/08 season. The match was played at National

Stadium, Karachi, during September 2007. It was a four day match. The match was drawn
In this match he batted only for one innings contributing 6 runs and remained not out. In both the innings he bowled 46.5 over conceding 104 runs and took 3

wickets.
His last first class match was Ranji Trophy Super League - Group A. It was played between Himachal Pradesh and Mumbai for the season 2007-08 at Himachal

Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala, on 17,18,19,20 December 2007. It was a 4 days match. The match was drawn.

In this match Iqbal scored 32 runs with six fours in first innings. His strike rate was 91.42. In the second innings he could not get chance to bat. In both

innings he bowled 49 over, conceding 97 runs and taking 3 wickets
Overall Performance in First Class Matches

In Batting

On the whole he played six first class matches. He batted in seven innings scoring 125 runs averaging 25 runs with strike rate of 70.76. In two innings he

remained not out. His highest score was 56 not out

In Bowling

In six first class matches he played, he got chance to bowl in all the 12 innings. He bowled 243.1 over conceding 596 runs taking 16 wickets. The bowling

economy rate was 2.45.

Iqbal Abdulla’s List ‘A’ Matches Record
Iqbal Abdulla’s List A debut match was against Saurashtra during 2006/07 season. It was an ODI match, played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on 14 February

2007. Mumbai won this match by 82 runs
In this debut match, he played at seven down and made 2 runs on facing 5 balls. He bowled 4 over giving away 23 runs. He could not get any wicket
Iqbal represented in List ‘A’ for last time in Vijay Hazare Trophy. It was a first semi final. The match was between Bengal v Mumbai played at Visakhapatnam

District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam, on 7 April 2008. It was an ODI. The Bengal won the match by 4 wickets. .
In this match he came eight down, faced 12 balls and made 14 runs. His strike rate was 116.66. He bowled 8.4 over conceded 36 runs and took 1 wicket. His

economy rate was 4.15.
Overall Performance in a List ‘A’ Matches

Batting

He played total of eight List ‘A’ matches, out of which he batted in seven innings, scoring 61 runs averaging 20.33 runs with strike rate of 69.31. In four

of the innings he remained not out. His highest score was only 14, not out

Bowling

Overall he played in eight List ‘A’ matches. He got chance to bowl in seven innings. He bowled 57 over conceding 260 runs taking 12 wickets at the economy

rate of 4.56
Bowling averages

Iqbal Abdulla’s Twenty20 Matches Record

Iqbal’s Twenty20 debut was on April 3, 2007at Mumbai. It was in Inter State West Zone Twenty20 Tournament of 2006-07 season . The match was between Baroda

and Mumbai. It was played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on 3 April 2007. The Mumbai had won by 8 wickets. He could not get chance to bat. However he bowled

3.1 over conceding 19 runs and taking 2 wickets
Iqbal’s last Twenty20 match was Indian Premier League - 35th match. The match was played between Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils at Eden Gardens,

Kolkata, on 13 May 2008. It was a day and night match. Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 23 runs.
Playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, Iqbal faced two balls and made one and remained not out. He bowled 3 over giving away 22 runs. He could not get any

wicket.

Overall Performance in a Twenty20 Matches

Batting

He played in total eight Twenty20 matches in which he batted only in four innings scoring 18 runs with strike rate of 78.26. All the four innings he remained

not out. His highest score was only 10 and carried the bat.

Bowling

He played eight Twenty20 matches and bowled in all the eight innings. He bowled 27.1 over conceding 175 runs, taking 11 wickets at the economy rate of 6.44.

In one inning he took 5 wickets.