England’s Sam Curran turned the most expensive participant within the Indian Premier League when he was purchased by Punjab Kings for Rs 18.50 crore. He surpassed the document held by South African all-rounder Chris Morris, who purchased Rajasthan Royals for Rs 16.25 crore within the IPL mini-auction.
Incidentally, Curran was purchased by the Punjab Kings for Rs 7.2 crore within the pre-IPL 2019 public sale, which was launched forward of the 2020 season. Finally he was purchased by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 5.5 crore.
Ahead of the 2022 mini-auction, Curran mentioned he hoped to get deal however added that being in the identical “bracket” as Ben Stokes and some others might have an effect on his probabilities.
“I’ve been to earlier auctions (as effectively); You go in together with your base value. I’ll watch (the public sale) on TV. I feel on Friday morning, when your title comes up, you say ‘put the paddle there’.
Curran was named participant of the event following his crew’s five-wicket win over Pakistan within the 2022 T20 World Cup remaining.
Curran, who made a comeback from damage earlier this 12 months, was additionally the person of the match for his outstanding figures of three for 12 in 4 overs within the summit conflict. He ended the event with 13 wickets at a powerful financial system price of 6.52 runs per over.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
