England cricketer Sam Curran breaks IPL auction record. England all-rounder Sam Curran became the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) most expensive ever buy in the players’ auction. 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. 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. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and England batter Joe Root went unsold.