Sam Curran : IPL Auction’s Most expensive player

Sam Curran : At the IPL 2023 auction in Kochi on Friday, Sam Curran was acquired by Punjab Kings for a staggering Rs. 18.5 crore. He has surpassed Chris Morris to become the most expensive player in IPL history. The starting bid for Curran was Rs 2 crore.

Upon being acquired by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 16.25 crore in 2021, Morris became the IPL’s most expensive auction signing of all time. In 2015, when Delhi Daredevils bought Yuvraj Singh for INR 16 crore, he was the most expensive Indian player ever to be purchased at a mini-auction.

The other players who were signed for Rs 15 crore or more at an IPL mini auction were Kyle Jamieson (15 in 2021), Pat Cummins (15.5 in 2020), and others.

Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore entered the bidding competition for Curran as his price swiftly hit Rs 7 crore, at which point Rajasthan Royals joined the market.

Shortly after, RCB withdrew while RR and MI carried on their competitive bidding battle. Before Punjab ultimately broke the bank, Lucknow Super Giants, Chennai Super Kings, and Punjab Kings all entered the match.

In Australia earlier this year, Sam Curran won the T20 World Cup Player of the Tournament award.

Curran picked up 13 wickets during the tournament, including a 3 for 12 in the final against Pakistan, which won him the Player of the Match award.

Trevor Bayliss of Punjab Kings said during the break,

“Very happy to have him on board, he has a lot of skills with both bat and ball. We had two or three allrounders in mind, Sam might be lucky he came up first,”

Curran opted out of the IPL super auction in February 2022, claiming his recovery from a back ailment as the cause.

In the 2020 and 2021 seasons, the left-arm pacer played for Chennai Super Kings. Punjab Kings, who acquired him for Rs. 7.2 crore in 2019, gave him his IPL debut.

Curran has scored 337 runs with a strike rate of 149.78 in 32 games across three seasons. Additionally, Curran has 32 wickets at a 9.21 economy.

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