Sam Curran

Sam Curran is a bowling all-rounder from England, born on 3rd June 1998 in Northamptonshire. He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler and a left-handed batsman. He is the son of former Zimbabwe cricketer Kevin Curran and the brother of English all-rounder Tom Curran. He has the distinction of being the youngest player to take a hattrick in the IPL.

Sam Curran, the player of the series for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, is one of the best young cricketers in this decade. He contributed to England's second T20I World Cup victory with an outstanding all-around performance in the tournament. Sam Curran is a right-handed batsman and a left-handed seamer who generates a lot of swing. He is considered one of the game's best all-rounders on the international scene. He currently plays for Punjab Kings in the IPL.

Sam Curran: Along the Years 

Sam Curran Records 

• Youngest bowler to take an IPL hattrick

• First England player to take a hat-trick in the IPL

• Sam Curran set an unfortunate record for the most runs conceded by an England bowler in an ODI, with 98 runs in 9.5 overs

• In the 2022 T20 World Cup, Sam Curran recorded a 5 wicket haul, first by an England player in the T20Is

• On his World Cup debut in the 2023 World Cup, Sam Curran became the first English bowler to take a wicket from the first delivery.

Sam Curran Awards and Accolades 

Sam Curran Career 

England cricketer Samuel Matthew Curran was born on June 3, 1998, and represents England in all formats of the sport. He plays for Surrey in domestic cricket and has represented Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He was the highest bid in Indian Premier League 2023 IPL mini-auction, when Punjab Kings purchased him for INR 18.5 crores

Sam Curran Domestic Career 

Sam played for the U15, U17 and Secondary XI levels for Surrey. He represented Weybridge in the Surrey Championship Premier Division. He was hailed by many England greats because of his performances in the competition. He made his debut in senior cricket in the Natwest T20 Blast in June 2015. He was just 17 years and 16 days old then.

Curran made his First Class debut in July 2015 against Kent in the County Cricket Championship and soon became the youngest to take a five-wicket haul in the tournament. He continued to impress with his performances in domestic cricket. He represented England Under-19s at the 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup where he played all six games, scoring 201 runs and taking seven wickets to help his team finish sixth.

Sam Curran IPL Career 

Kings XI Punjab had picked Curran to play for them in the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League. He became the youngest player to take a hattrick in the IPL.

The 21-year-old Curran was an expensive English player in the 2020 IPL auction at Rs 5.5 crore, bought after an intense bidding war between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals.

Sam Curran had a tough year in the IPL 2021 while he was a player for CSK, taking just nine wickets and scoring only 56 runs. Due to an injury, Curran was unable to participate in the 2022 mega-auction and consequently missed the 2022 IPL season. However, in the 2023 mini-auction, he secured a record-breaking INR 18.5 Crore bid with his previous team PBKS, just after an incredible T20 World Cup winning campaign. In the 2024 Indian Premier League, PBKS retained him on for the same amount

Sam Curran International Career 

He made the cut in the England national team for the first time in 2018 for the Test squad against Pakistan. On June 1, 2018, he played his first Test match at Leeds against Pakistan. He then played his first One Day International (ODI) match in Manchester against Australia on June 24, 2018. Sam Curran made his T20I debut on November 1, 2019, against New Zealand 

Sam Curran ODI Career 

Sam made his ODI debut in a thriller against Australia at the Old Trafford in Manchester on 24 June 2018. Australia was bowled out for 205 in the first innings. Sam took 2/44 in 6 overs. England chased down the score with just one wicket in hand courtesy Jos Buttler's once-in-a-lifetime innings. Jos scored an unbeaten 110, where no other England batsman scored more than 20 runs. Sam made a useful contribution of 15 runs.

 Sam Curran equalled the world record for the highest ever score achieved by a batsman playing at no. 8 in the history of ODI cricket. The 22-year-old smashed nine fours and three sixes in his innings of unbeaten 95 off 83 deliveries. In the second match against Sri Lanka on July 1, 2021, Curran recorded his first five-wicket haul in One Day International cricket. Sam Curran made history in the 2023 Cricket World Cup by being the first bowler from England to pick up a wicket on his first ball on World Cup debut.

Sam Curran Test Career 

The allrounder received his first maiden call-up to the English side in January 2018 against New Zealand, however, he didn’t play any Test during the course of the series and warmed the bench.

Curran finally made his international debut in a Test match against Pakistan at Headingley, Leeds which commenced on 1 June 2018. Pakistan was bowled out for a paltry 174 in their first innings. Curran took his maiden wicket in the form of the half-centurion Shadab Khan. England took a first-innings lead of 189 runs as Sam contributed 20 to the total. Pakistan fell deep into the pit this time and was bowled out for a low total of 134. Sam bowled 7 overs and conceded just 10 runs for 1 wicket. Sam Curran’s bowling figures in the match were 2/43. England won the match by an inning and 55 runs.

Curran’s standout performance came in the Test match series against India in 2018 where he single-handedly rescued the English side from precarious situations by contributing useful runs at the end of the innings with tail-enders. And it wasn’t limited to his bowling, in the first Test at Edgbaston, Curran took 4/74 in the first innings, including the wickets of India's top three batsmen.

Curran later went on to make his Ashes debut in the 2019 series in the final Test match of the series.

Curran played in all six Tests in the 2019–20 winter tours of South Africa and New Zealand, despite playing just two in the summer. Curran got 6 wickets in the two Test matches against New Zealand. Curran scored 130 runs in seven innings while claiming 10 wickets at an average of 32.6 in South Africa, including 4/58 spell in the opening Test match. 

 Curran was added to England's 30-man squad on June 17, 2020, so that they may begin private training in preparation for the Test series against the West Indies. Curran played two Tests for England in 2020, one against the West Indies and one against Pakistan. Curran was named as part of the England team for their tour of Sri Lanka in 2021.

Sam Curran T20I Career 

Sam Curran made his T20I debut against New Zealand on 1 November 2019 at Hagley Oval. Curran bowled four overs in the match and took 1 wicket by giving away 33 runs. England won the match comfortably by 7 wickets as James Vince and Eoin Morgan stitched up useful partnerships.

Curran was picked for the England team in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in September 2021. However, on October 5, 2021, Curran's back injury forced him out of the squad, and his brother Tom was named as his replacement. After missing around seven months of action, Curran returned to the field on April 21, 2022, when he played for Surrey in the County Championship against Somerset. Curran took a five wicket haul in the opening match against Afghanistan, becoming the first England player to do so in T20Is and helping England win the match. In the final match against Pakistan, he took three wickets in four overs and was again named Man of the Match.

He was the second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 13 wickets, and his exploits in the entire World Cup earned him the title of Player of the Tournament.

Sam Curran Captaincy 

Sam Curran is currently the captain of the IPL franchise Punjab Kings as their originally selected captain, Shikhar Dhawan is missing out on the matches due to an injury

Sam Curran Under-19 Career 

During the 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Sam Curran played all six matches for England's Under-19 squad. He scored 201 runs and claimed seven wickets, helping his side finish sixth in the World Cup.

Sam Curran Family 

Sam Curran was born on 3 June 1998 and his father Kevin Curran was a former Zimbabwe cricketer. Sam is the brother of English all-rounder Tom Curran who has also represented England in all formats of the game. Sam Curran is eligible to play for South Africa, Zimbabwe and England.

Sam Curran Net Worth 

Sam Curran is estimated to have a net worth of around INR 24 crores as of 2024. The majority of his earnings come from his career earnings, sponsorship deals, and professional cricket. He is one of the highest-paid players for the England cricket team. In the IPL 2024 Auction, Sam Curran was retained by Punjab Kings for INR 18.5 crore.

Sam Curran House 

Curran was raised in Zimbabwe after being born in Northampton, England. Kevin Curran, his father, was an all-rounder from Zimbabwe who represented Northamptonshire in county cricket.

Sam Curran Cars 

According to the reports by Times Now, Sam Curran owns a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S.