Sam Curran Reacts After Being Drafted In By Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings was the only franchise that signed only four players at the marquee IPL 2020 auction held in Kolkata. Before the auction, CSK had INR 14.6 crores in their purse. The yellow army purchased the services of Tom Curran, Piyush Chawla, Josh Hazlewood and Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore respectively.

England all-rounder Sam Curran was the first player to be signed up by the franchise after a massive bidding war between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals. Sam Curran was released by Kings XI Punjab ahead of the auction. The 21-year-old all-rounder who set his base price at INR 1 crore was drafted in by Chennai Super Kings for INR 5.5 crore.

CSK splashed money to sign three bowlers- left-arm spinner, leg-spinner and a fast bowler. The former KKR player Piyush Chawla who set his base price at INR 1 crore was sold to CSK for INR 6.75 crores. Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood who set his base price at INR 2 crores was signed up by the yellow army for the same amount. The left-arm spinner Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore was sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 20 Lakhs.

Sam Curran has had a decent spell at his former franchise Kings XI Punjab in the last edition. He hit the peak performance when he bagged a sensational hat-trick. However, he failed to live up to the reputation. His lack of consistency forced KXIP to release him ahead of this year’s auction.

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Sam Curran reacts after being signed by Chennai Super Kings

Sam Curran is now looking forward to giving absolutely everything for his new franchise, Chennai Super Kings. He said that it would be a great opportunity to play under MS Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming. “Can’t wait to come to Chennai and meet all my new teammates, playing under MS Dhoni our captain and our coach Stephen Fleming. It’s obviously going to be a great opportunity for me to pick their brains and, hopefully, we can bring the trophy home to Chennai,” Sam Curran said in a video uploaded by CSK.

“Super excited to be joining the Chennai Super Kings for next season of IPL. A massive thank you to the coach, management staff. Just want to say I can’t wait to play in front of the home fans in Chennai. I felt some amazing things, I was lucky enough to play last year against Chennai, and to play in front of the home fans this year is going to be really special. Hopefully, we can put in some great performances for the fans,” he signed off.

Chennai Super Kings squad:

Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Jagadeesan Narayan, Karn Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, MS Dhoni, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Suresh Raina, Sam Curran, Piyush Chawla, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore