Did not get a lot sleep: Sam Curran overwhelmed after Punjab Kings splurge Rs 18.5 crore on him

IPL 2023 Auctions: England bowling-allrounder Sam Curran was the costliest purchase in historical past of Indian Premier League, at a staggering Rs 18.5 crore. Curran talks about how he felt and what it was like forward of the public sale.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 23, 2022 22:17 IST

Sam Curran was one of the best participant of the 2022 T20 World Cup. (Courtesy: AP)

By India Today Web Desk: England bowling all-round Sam Curran turned the very best paid participant within the historical past of the Indian Premier League. On Friday, December 23, Curran was bought to Punjab Kings for an enormous sum of Rs 18.5 crore forward of IPl 2023. Curran, who gained the participant of the match award in ICC T20 World Cup 2022 held earlier in Australia shared his ideas. Curran mentioned that he was excited and nervous forward of the bidding course of and was not in a position to sleep your complete evening.

“I didn’t sleep much last night, was a bit excited, also nervous about how the auction was going to go. But yeah, absolutely overwhelmed and incredibly humbled that I managed to get what I did. I never had any expectations to receive that. Obviously, going back to where it all started for me in the IPL with Punjab, where I did my debut season four years ago. So, to be going back there seems fantastic and I am looking forward to joining a few English teammates as well,” Curran informed Star Sports in an interplay.

The participant shall be returning to his first IPL franchise, Punjab Kings, who’ve hit yet one more reset button on this version of the match. Punjab paid a mammoth sum of cash to Curran and purchased one other 5 gamers. The workforce removed their captain Mayank Agarwal and handed the reigns to Shikhar Dhawan forward of the 2023 mini public sale.

IPL Auction: As it occurred

Curran can be becoming proper into their facet, taking on the important thing decrease order batting place, who can ship 4 overs at any stage of the sport.

“Yeah, I think it will be very different, but like I said, I know the stadium. I know Mohali pretty well, so that obviously is a little bit of an advantage, having some familiar teammates who’ll help me. And yeah, I feel confident going into this tournament, where I’ve come off a fantastic world cup. And yeah, it’s amazing, I’m just incredibly excited it’s just a few months away till I will be coming to India, but it’s incredibly exciting. A massively big opportunity, which I’m so excited about, it’s incredible as you can probably imagine. There are so many things running through my mind and yeah it’s absolutely incredible, very overwhelmed,” Curran mentioned to Star Sports.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Dec 23, 2022