- Title: Cricket-England's Curran breaks IPL auction record
- Date: 23rd December 2022
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (FILE-MARCH 29, 2018) (ANI - No use India) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FORMER INDIAN CRICKETER, AAKASH CHOPRA, UNVEILING INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE (IPL) TROPHY AS OFFICIAL LOOKS ON CAMERAPERSONS TAKING PICTURES CHOPRA STANDING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS IPL TROPHY
- Embargoed: 6th January 2023 15:13
- Keywords: Cameron Green England India Indian Premier League Joe Root Punjab Kings Sam Curran auction cricket record sports
- Location: KOCHI, KERALA/NEW DELHI/MOHALI, PUNJAB, INDIA/ MANCHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON, BIRMINGHAM, LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM/CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
- City: KOCHI, KERALA/NEW DELHI/MOHALI, PUNJAB, INDIA/ MANCHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON, BIRMINGHAM, LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM/CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
- Country: Various
- Topics: Cricket,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA008H8AEXQN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: England all-rounder Sam Curran became the Indian Premier League's (IPL) most expensive ever buy in the players' auction on Friday (December 23) as the world's richest cricket league spent big ahead of the 2023 season.
Curran returned to the Punjab Kings for the staggering sum of 185 million Indian rupees ($2.23 million) following a fierce bidding war involving the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.
Curran, who was player-of-the-series in England's T20 World Cup triumph in Australia this year, previously featured for the Punjab Kings in 2019.
"Sam is world-class, he's 24-years-old, he's played over a 140 matches so far so, happy to have him back," said Punjab Kings co-owner, Ness Wadia.
The fee for Curran surpassed the previous highest bid of 162.5 million rupees, paid by the Rajasthan Royals for South African all-rounder Chris Morris last year.
The previous record fee paid for Morris was broken once more on Friday, with Mumbai Indians paying 175 million rupees for Australian all-rounder Cameron Green.
The Super Kings made up for missing out on Curran by signing England red-ball captain Ben Stokes for 162.5 million rupees.
Batsman Harry Brook, who made his England Twenty20 international and test debuts this year, became the first millionaire of the day after being signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 132.5 million rupees.
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and England batter Joe Root went unsold.
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