The Biography of Sam Curran: Samuel Matthew Curran better known as Sam Curran was born on 3rd June 1998. He is a right-handed bat and left-handed bowling all-rounder English cricketer who plays for England in all formats.
He was born to a former Zimbabwe international cricketer Kevin Curran. He is the elder brother of Surrey and England cricketer Tom Curran. He grew up in Zimbabwe and his early life in Rusape. In 2012, he moved to England. He has done his education at Wellington College of Berkshire.
| Nickname | Curran |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 24 years old in 2022 |
| Date of Birth | 3rd June 1998 |
| Full Name | Samuel Matthew Curran |
| Height | 5 Feet 4 Inches or 1.75 m |
| Medium | Medium Blonde |
| Family | Grand Father – KP Curran Father – KM Curran Brother – TK Curran, BJ Curran |
| Profession | Cricket Player |
| Nationality | British |
| Birthplace | Northamptonshire, England |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Body Measurements | 38-13- 32 |
Sam Curran’s IPL 2025 Journey and Leadership Highlights
IPL 2025 with CSK:
- Sam Curran returned to the Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025.
- He was bought for INR 2.4 crore at the auction.
- This was a lower price than his 2023 bid.
- He was happy to join CSK again due to their winning culture.
IPL Career Stats (as of 2025):
- Curran has played 64 IPL matches.
- He has scored 997 runs with an average of 24.93.
- He has hit six half-centuries; his highest score is 88.
- He also takes wickets with his left-arm pace bowling.
- He is valuable because he can bat and bowl well.
Leadership and Domestic Cricket:
- Curran became captain of Surrey’s T20 team in the 2025 Vitality Blast.
- This shows his growing leadership skills.
- He has also led Punjab Kings and Desert Vipers in franchise cricket.
- He has experience handling pressure as a team leader.
Debut in a different format
- One day International On 24 June 2018 against Australia at Emirates Old Trafford
- Test On 30 May 2018 against Pakistan at Headingley
- T20 On 1st November 2019 against New Zealand at Hagley Oval
- IPL Debut in 2019 for Kings XI Punjab
The domestic playing of Sam Curran
| Years | Team |
| 2015–present | Surrey cricket |
| 2017 | Auckland Aces |
| 2019 | Kings XI Punjab IPL |
| 2020–2021 | Chennai Super Kings IPL |
| 2021–present | Oval Invincibles |
| 2023 | Punjab Kings IPL |
Biography of Sam Curran, Earlier Career
Sam Curran represented the Zimbabwe Cricket team in 2011–12 in South Africa, where he won the player of the tournament.
He represented England Under-19s at the 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he played six games, scoring 201 runs and taking seven wickets to help his team finish sixth.
He made his first One Day International debut against Australia on 24th June 2018 and after one year he was selected for England’s Test and Twenty20 International against New Zealand.
He played 3 seasons in IPL in 2019 he was bought by King’s XI Punjab after that in 2020 he was released and was bought by Chennai Super Kings. He plays a total of 32 matches in which he took 32 Wickets and scored 337 runs.
IPL Batting Statistics of Sam Curran
| Year | Matches | N.O. | Runs | Highest | Average | Strike Rate |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 56 | 34 | 18.66 | 193.10 |
| 2020 | 14 | 3 | 186 | 52 | 23.25 | 131.91 |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 | 95 | 55* | 23.75 | 172.72 |
| All IPL | 32 | 8 | 337 | 55* | 22.46 | 149.77 |
IPL Bowling Statistics of Sam Curran
| Year | Matches | Overs | Runs Given | Wicket Taken | Average | Economics |
| 2021 | 9 | 33 | 328 | 9 | 36.44 | 9.93 |
| 2020 | 14 | 42 | 344 | 13 | 26.46 | 8.19 |
| 2019 | 9 | 33 | 323 | 10 | 32.30 | 9.78 |
| All IPL | 32 | 108 | 995 | 32 | 31.09 | 9.21 |
Sam Curran Career Stats
Sam Curran Batting Stats
| Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Tests | 24 | 38 | 815 | 78 | 24.69 | 64.12 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 21 |
| ODIs | 32 | 24 | 468 | 95* | 22.28 | 95.70 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 21 |
| T20Is | 41 | 25 | 185 | 24 | 10.88 | 117.08 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| FC | 80 | 122 | 3250 | 126 | 30.09 | 63.15 | 1 | 23 | 435 | 55 |
| List A | 75 | 51 | 963 | 95* | 22.39 | 90.50 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 25 |
| T20s | 199 | 160 | 2624 | 72* | 20.18 | 133.94 | 0 | 14 | 196 | 127 |
Sam Curran Bowling Stats
| Format | Matches | Innings | Balls | Runs | Wickets | Best | Average | Economy | Strike Rate | 4w | 5w | 10w |
| Tests | 24 | 42 | 3091 | 1669 | 47 | 5/92 | 35.51 | 3.23 | 65.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 26 | 26 | 1048 | 1030 | 28 | 5/48 | 36.78 | 5.89 | 37.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T20Is | 41 | 41 | 802 | 1026 | 43 | 5/10 | 23.86 | 7.67 | 18.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FC | 80 | 134 | 11198 | 6222 | 206 | 10/101 | 30.20 | 3.33 | 54.3 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| List A | 75 | 72 | 3268 | 3069 | 94 | 5/48 | 32.64 | 5.63 | 34.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| T20s | 199 | 192 | 3759 | 5398 | 191 | 5/10 | 28.26 | 8.61 | 19.6 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Sam Curran Test statistics
| Matches Played till 2022 | 24 |
| Total Innings Played | 38 |
| Total runs made | 815 |
| Highest Scored | 78 |
| Half Centuries | 3 |
| Centuries | Nil |
Sam Curran One Day International statistics
| Matches Played till 2022 | 21 |
| Total Innings Played | 14 |
| Total runs made | 262 |
| Highest Scored | 95 |
| Half Centuries | 1 |
| Centuries | Nil |
Sam Curran T20 statistics
| Matches Played till Feb 2023 | 35 |
| Total Innings Played | 21 |
| Total runs made | 158 |
| Highest Scored | 24 |
| Half Centuries | Nil |
| Centuries | Nil |
How He Became the Most Expensive Player In Ipl History Of 2023?
In the recent T20 World Cup, he gained the name ICC Player of the Tournament for his comeback in WORLD CUP 2022. In the last T20, Final match against Pakistan Curran took 3 wickets in 4 overs by giving only 12 runs.
He picked wickets with some of the star Pakistani players Muhammad Rizwan, Shah Masood, and Muhammad Nawaz. This attracts many IPL franchises such as Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, and Chennai Super Kings which increased the value of Curran more than 9 times from the base price of INR 2 crore.
Finally, Kings XI, Punjab bought him at a whooping price of INR 18.5 crore which makes him the most expensive player in the history of IPL. Previously he was bought two times by Chennai Super King in 2020 and 2021 at 5.5 crores respectively.
Conclusion
Sam Curran is the most young exciting player. He is playing from England and he is an all-rounder. Now he is currently the most expensive player in IPL.
This article is co-author by Noorul Huda
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