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Sam Curran
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
Sam Curran is an all-rounder who has represented England Cricket and Surrey amongst a string of domestic franchises across T20 and red-ball formats. Across 356 career matches, he has scored 6,559 runs at an average of 26.24 and taken 358 wickets at 30.88, with a career economy of 6.69. His primary competition is the T20 Blast, where he has played 94 matches for Surrey. On recent form he has been a fixture in England's T20 international side through early 2026, with a half-century against Sri Lanka on 3 February 2026 his standout contribution in a heavy schedule of white-ball fixtures.
Runs
0
Wickets
0
Bat Avg
26.2
Bowl Avg
30.9
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Punjab Kings · All-Rounder
Recent form
Curran has been active almost exclusively in T20 international cricket through early 2026, playing nine T20Is in the space of five weeks. He posted his best recent knock on 3 February 2026, scoring 58
Strongest format
T20 Blast — Across 94 T20 Blast matches, Curran has taken 94 wickets at a bowling average of 24.78 and scored 1,879 runs at a strike rate of 137.45. Both figures
Career stats overview
24 Test · 40 ODI · 292 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
24 matches
815
Runs scored
47
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
40 matches
632
Runs scored
37
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
292 matches
5,112
Runs scored
274
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
Genuine all-round numbers across 356 matches
Sam Curran has accumulated 6,559 runs and 358 wickets across his career, averaging 26.24 with the bat and 30.88 with the ball. That twin contribution across formats marks him as one of the more complete performers in the current England set-up.
T20 Blast is his sharpest competition
In 94 T20 Blast appearances, Curran averages 24.78 with the ball at an economy of 8.38, whilst striking at 137.45 with the bat. His 94 Blast wickets match his appearances precisely, a rare marker of consistent wicket-taking output.
The Hundred reveals his best batting strike rate
Across 36 Hundred matches, Curran has posted a batting strike rate of 150.5 and a bowling average of 20.82. Those figures are comfortably his strongest in any competition where he has played more than 10 matches.
The Oval is his most productive ground
In 58 matches at The Oval, Curran has scored 1,321 runs at a strike rate of 140.53 and taken 72 wickets at an economy of 7.29. No other venue comes close for volume or returns across both disciplines.
Strong returns against South Africa with the ball
Against South Africa across 17 matches, Curran has taken 22 wickets at an economy of just 4.78. That economy figure is his best against any opponent with whom he has faced 10 or more matches.
What’s next
Upcoming matches
- Indian Premier League · Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad18 Apr19:30 IST
- Indian Premier League · Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh19 Apr19:30 IST
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
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Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.