{"id":4007,"date":"2022-12-24T01:55:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T01:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/indian-premier-league-englands-sam-curran-becomes-most-expensive-ipl-player\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T01:55:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T01:55:48","slug":"indian-premier-league-englands-sam-curran-becomes-most-expensive-ipl-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/indian-premier-league-englands-sam-curran-becomes-most-expensive-ipl-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Premier League: England&#8217;s Sam Curran becomes most expensive IPL player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Sam Curran was named player of the tournament as England won the T20 World Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1.0\">England&#8217;s Sam Curran has become the most expensive auction buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after being bought by Punjab Kings for \u00a31.85m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0.0\">Six franchises made a bid for the 24-year-old all-rounder before Punjab were eventually successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">Yorkshire&#8217;s Harry Brook has been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for \u00a31.35m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">The 23-year-old was the leading run-scorer for England in their recent 3-0 Test series win in Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">Curran was named player of the tournament at this year&#8217;s Twenty20 World Cup after helping England to become double white-ball world champions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">He took 13 wickets at an average of 11.38 in last month&#8217;s event in Australia and has improved his batting to become a genuine all-rounder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">&#8220;Back to where it all started! Looking forward to it,&#8221; Curran <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurranSM\/status\/1606246830014050304\" class=\"story-body__external-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2.0\">tweeted.<\/span><span class=\"gs-u-ml- gel-icon\" style=\"height:15px;width:15px;\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2.1\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2.1.0\"><title data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2.1.0.0\">external-link<\/title><path d=\"M12 0v5h11.5l-5 5H0v22h22V17.5l-2 2V30H2V12h14.5l-7.8 7.7 3.6 3.6L27 8.5V20h5V0H12z\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2.1.0.1\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">The previous most expensive IPL player was South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris, who was signed by Rajasthan Royals for \u00a31.6m in April 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">That figure was overtaken again on Friday when Mumbai Indians paid \u00a31.75m for Australian all-rounder Cameron Green.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">England red-ball captain and all-rounder Ben Stokes was acquired for \u00a31.63m by Chennai Super Kings &#8211; one of the franchises to miss out on Curran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">Adil Rashid will join Brook in Hyderabad, while Will Jacks and Reece Topley have been signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals took Phil Salt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">Former Test captain Joe Root initially went unsold but was later bought by Rajasthan Royals for \u00a3100,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0\">Left arm seamer Josh Little became the first Ireland player to win a full IPL contract as he was signed by Gujarat Titans for nearly \u00a3450,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".1uh5vya8m8m.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">England&#8217;s 18-year-old leg spinner Rehan Ahmed, Tom Curran and Chris Jordan all went unsold.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/64074031?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Curran was named player of the tournament as England won the T20 World Cup England&#8217;s Sam Curran has become the most expensive auction buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after being bought by Punjab Kings for \u00a31.85m. Six franchises made a bid for the 24-year-old all-rounder before Punjab were eventually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4009,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions\/4009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}