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The Biography of Sam Curran: Samuel Matthew Curran better known as Sam Curran was born on 3^rd June 1998. He is a Right-Hand Bat and left-handed bowling all-rounder English cricketer who plays for England in all formats.

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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.

Biography Sam Curran — Sam Curran Most Expensive player in the IPL

Nickname	Curran
Gender	Male
Age	24 years old in 2022
Date of Birth	3^rd 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

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 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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