England all-rounder Sam Curran etched his name in the history books as he became the most expensive buy ever in the history of the Indian T20 League on Friday. Curran was bought by the Punjab franchise for a whopping 18.5 crores in the Indian T20 League mini-auction for the 2023 edition. With this amount, Curran surpassed Chris Morris who was sold for 16.25 crores to Rajasthan in the 2021 season of the tournament to become the tournament’s most expensive player ever.
The 24-year-old opted out of the 2022 mega auction after being released by Chennai in 2021 as he was recovering from an injury. The youngster made his debut in the tournament in the year 2019 playing for Punjab.
Curran was part of Chennai for two seasons; 2020 and 2021. He has played 32 matches in the Indian T20 League (23 for Chennai) picking up 31 wickets at an average of 31.09 with one four-wicket haul to his name. He even scored 337 runs in his career so far at an average of 22.47 and a strike rate of 149.78. He has scored two fifties in his Indian T20 League career so far.
The English all-rounder is also the youngest to take a hat-trick in the Indian T20 League. He achieved the feat for Punjab in the 2019 edition of the tournament in a group stage game against Delhi.
Sam Curran was awarded Player of the Tournament in 20-20 World Cup 2022
Curran has had a remarkable year so far as he guided England to their first-ever 20-20 World Cup title in November. He picked up 3/12 in his four overs in the final and was awarded ‘Player of the Match’. He also got the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award for finishing as the second-highest wicket-taker of the tournament dismissing 13 batters at an average of 11.38 and an economy of 6.52. His best figures of the tournament were 5/10 which came in the first game itself.
Meanwhile, Twitter couldn’t keep calm as Curran became the most expensive player in the cash-rich league. Here are some of the reactions of fans:
#IPL2023 #IPL2023Auction #IPLAuctions
Sam curran – pic.twitter.com/UaL4Hxtcf0
— Muhammad Arun Singh Anthony (@ArunTuThikHoGya) December 23, 2022
If Santa is real I wants to be Sam Curran
— Sameer Inamdar (@_sameerinamdar_) December 23, 2022
Most Expensive players in IPL history
18.50 crores – Sam Curran (2022)*
17.50 crores – Cameron Green (2022)*
16.25 crores – Ben Stokes (2022)*
16.25 crores – Chris Morris (2021)
16.00 crores – Yuvraj Singh (2015)What an auction!???#IPLAuction | #BenStokes | #SamCurran
— cricket kid (@Altafmmd) December 23, 2022
Allrounders are getting high price. One of the biggest reason is Impact player rule." If less than 4 foreign players are in XI then can be used Impact player rather than any indian'.#IPLAuction#Stokes #SamCurran #CameronGreen
— Abhishek Singh (@imabhi811) December 23, 2022
Trying to imagine CSK without Sam Curran is hard?#KadaiKuttySingam we'll miss you!#SamCurran #CSK #miniauction #IPLAuction
— Tehillah | Content Consultant (@tehijacob) December 23, 2022
Yeh Angrez fir se hamare desh ko loot rahe hain.#IPL2023Auction#IPLAuction #IPLAuctions #SamCurran #benstokes #ipl2022
— Vimal Vishwas (@Vimalvishwas05) December 23, 2022
Congratulations #SamCurran being the most expensive player of this game…
Thankyou for the memories in #Yellow ?#Yellove #WhistlePodu #ChennaiSuperKings #PunjabKings— Roshan Prakash (@roshanprakash5) December 23, 2022
Everyone to Sam Curran, Ben Stokes, Cameroon Green and Harry Brook.#IPL2023Auction pic.twitter.com/fbmpajQEwe
— ? ???? ? (@heyking01_) December 23, 2022
What a rookie mistake for Punjab to miss out on a Captain Bowler batsman Match-winner like Ben stokes & spend it all on rather young Sam Curran #IPLAuctions #IPL2023Auction
— Maddy (@indianchevalier) December 23, 2022
Bc yeh Sam Curran, Cameron Green aur Ben Stokes Puri PSL team khareed sakti hai ?#IPLAuctions #SamCurran #CamGreen #BenStokes
— Rajath Shetty (@Rajathds) December 23, 2022
Angrez aaj bhi hamara paisa leke jaare hainn
Tareeka alag h iss baar bas#SamCurran #benstokes #HarryBrook #IPLAuction— Sparsh Mittal (@SparshM00273039) December 23, 2022
yeah!!! the private Jet category is here…?#SamCurran 18.5cr#CameronGreen 17.5cr#HarryBrook 13.5cr https://t.co/LDYedNAlSl
— Rajesh S (@rajesh_9999_) December 23, 2022
Sam curran's mom gonna take all the money to keep it safe
— yash?? (@detoxifiedyash) December 23, 2022
