“Fair play to him, Was class at the World Cup” – Twitter reacts after Sam Curran becomes the highest-paid player in history of IPL auction

England’s young all-rounder Sam Curran became the talk of the town after he became the most expensive player in the history of the IPL auction. Sam Curran who has played for Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in his IPL career attracted bids from both these teams.

However, Punjab Kings went too far to recruit the services of Sam Curran for a record price of INR 18.50 and thus the young all-rounder became the most expensive player. Ever since the inception of the IPL, the cricket fraternity has witnessed countless costliest buys at the auction.

In the previous edition of the IPL, Ishan Kishan was the second-most expensive buy in the auction after Mumbai Indians retained him for a record fee of INR 15.25 crore. For the unversed, Rajasthan Royals purchased Chris Morris for 16.25 crore from a base price of Rs 75 lakh.

Sam Curran becomes the highest-paid player in the history of the IPL auction

However, in this year’s auction, we saw plenty of records being broken after Sam Curran became the costliest buy at the auction. Mumbai Indians also splashed the cash to purchase the services of Cameron Green for INR 17.5 crore.

Sam Curran is totally aware of the fact that there will be unreal pressure on himself because of his price tag. Not many players have been able to justify their price tag after being snapped up for a whopping price at the auction.

Needless to say, Sam Curran is a talented prospect who can deliver the goods with the bat and ball. His performance was there for everyone to see in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia where he picked up 13 wickets to his name.

Sam Curran has played 32 games in the IPL and has scored 337 runs including 2 fifties at an average of 22.5 and a strike rate of 149.8. On the contrary, he took 32 wickets to his name.

Fair play to him. Was class at the World Cup. England lads making bank at the IPL auction today. https://t.co/JsPDzUkJNM

— Jake Jackman (@JakeJackmann) December 23, 2022

man's only 24 as well. what a guy https://t.co/RoLL1AGJpn

— SAA_19 (@196khi) December 23, 2022

Expected teams to be aggressive, but 18.5cr is a bit over prized!!!#IPL2023Auction https://t.co/9D1BBoMfLB

— Vineet (@lundia_vineet) December 23, 2022

18.50 Cr 🔥 SAM CURRAN T20 WORLD CUP 2022 PLAYER OF THE SERIES BREAKING RECORDS 👀 https://t.co/b6bBHJjU6g

— Aditya Gupta🇮🇳 (@Aditya6531) December 23, 2022

Highest 😬😬💥🔥 https://t.co/Kd4VFzkwsL

— Pawanist (@BOBBYPawanist) December 23, 2022

Crazyyyyy🤯🤯🔥🔥 https://t.co/a7h2uuDYtn

— Rifi (@Rifrif9510) December 23, 2022

Only to get released next year https://t.co/aeuLNekKyR

— Madras (@theMadras10) December 23, 2022

Sam Curran is now the highest paid player ever in IPL https://t.co/gZWY56DmnX

— ️️` (@WeirddTweetz) December 23, 2022

Over Hyped https://t.co/ZLlWKzBdbv

— Hanny.Shaik (@hanny_shaik1) December 23, 2022