IPL 2019: 5 overseas debutants who can set the stage on fire

#3 Sam Curran (Kings XI Punjab)

Sam Curran in action

Sam Curran became the most expensive foreign player to be purchased at the 2019 IPL auctions when Kings XI Punjab bid an extravagant amount of ₹7.2 crores for him.

The all-rounder has been rated highly by cricket experts. The 20-year-old has played 47 T20s in which he has accumulated a total of 478 runs beside picking up 45 wickets.

Tom Curran's younger brother does not have a large frame but is a brisk left-arm bowler with an ability to swing the ball. Sam also boards of a fantastic First-class record wherein he has clinched 133 wickets in 51 matches and also scored 1952 runs at an average of 28.70.

The Kings XI have a promising bunch of all-rounders with the likes of Curran, Varun Chakravarthy, and Moises Henriques in their ranks.

Curran is yet to play a T20I but has played 9 Tests and a couple of ODIs. He hasn't cemented a place in the national side but looks set to secure a place in the starting XI of the Punjab-based IPL franchise.