Sam Curran Complete Profile: Age, Height, Brother

Here is the biography of popular cricketer Sam Curran and all the details you need to know about him
Sam Curran Complete Profile: Age, Height, Brother

Sam Curran Height, Age, Education

Sam Curran, the heartthrob of many, was born on June 3, 1998, in Northampton, England. His knack in the field of cricket was anticipated right from his childhood since he was is born in a cricketing family to Kevin Curran, a former Zimbabwean international cricketer. The 23 year old cricketer is a bit taller than 5feet and 7 inches and attended Marondera's Springvale House which is a preparatory boarding school. After that he joined the Harare's St. George's College, an all-boys high school, following which he got into Berkshire's Wellington College.

Early Life And Cricket Career

Sam Curran was born and raised on the family farm in Rusape till his family moved away in 2004 due issues relating to land reforms. Sam Curran was also a member of Surrey's Under-15, Under-17, and Second XI squads and played for Weybridge in the Surrey Championship Premier Division during the 2014 season. Merely at an age of 17 years, Sam even earned his senior debut over Kent at The Oval in the Nat-West T20 Blast event on June 19, 2015. On July 13, 2015, he made his first-class appearance over Kent at The Oval in a County Championship match. He achieved Surrey's second-youngest first-class cricketer ever at the age of 17 years and 40 days, following Tony Lock, who made his first appearance precisely before 69 years. He has been featured in every six games for England Under-19s at the 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, collecting 201 runs along with seven wickets which led his team to finish sixth in the tournament. Furthermore, he was also named to the England Lions for their 2016–17 tour of the United Arab Emirates, as well as their 2017 season fixture against South Africa at Canterbury. Currently, Sam Curran is playing in the IPL team of Chennai Super Kings, where he is getting enormous love and fame from the audience. After defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final game, Chennai Super Kings became the first side in IPL 2021 to qualify for the playoffs.

Sam Curran And Tom Curran

Following the fifth and final One-Day International against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday, Sam Curran and his older brother Tom has become the first brothers to play for England until the Hollioake brothers in 1999. All-rounders Sam and Tom Curran are two of the most well-known siblings who play cricket for England. Tom and Sam are most likely the only two active cricketers who have played for a national team.

Sam Curran and Tom Curran have a share a very loving relationship but at the same time often get into sibling rivalry. Sam took three wickets for 33 runs and made a six-ball 17 in last year's match, while Tom stayed undefeated for nine balls. In that match, the elder brother was not especially outstanding with the ball, going for 54 runs and a single wicket of Kedar Jadhav.

On Siblings Day, over six months later, the two face off in IPL 2021's second game. This time, Sam was in the centre, and he hit two sixes & two fours off his brother's eight balls. The 23-year-old wrecked Tom's bowling figures with 17 runs and then a wicket prior to throwing the last over.

IPL

The previous year, England's Curran became the surprise weapon that helped them win the Test series against India, and the all-rounder was awarded Man of the Series by the Indian team management.

Curran was waived by the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2020 season, landing him in the IPL 2020 Player Auction. The fast bowler, who had a base price of INR 1 crore, was eventually sold for INR 5.5 crore to the Chennai Super Kings. Curran has 22 wickets at an average of 25.50, a strike rate of 18.27, and an economy rate of 8.37, in 21 matches for Super Kings across two seasons. With the bat, the left handed cricketer had a strike rate of 143.37, scoring 238 runs in 14 innings.

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