IPL playerEngland2018 to 2021
Tom Curran
On scorecards: TK Curran · Right-hand bat
Tom Curran, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Tom Curran's first IPL season was 2018, with Kolkata Knight Riders, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 5 matches, 23 runs and 6 wickets at 11.24 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2018, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 6 wickets at 11.24 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.50, with best figures of 2 for 19.
Franchise by franchise
2018, Kolkata Knight Riders. 5 matches and 6 wickets.
2020, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2020 auction for ₹1 cr. 5 matches and 3 wickets.
2021, Delhi Capitals. Bought at the 2021 auction for ₹5.25 cr. 3 matches and 4 wickets.
2019 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 13 wickets in 241 deliveries, at 10.71 runs an over against a league rate of 8.16 for the same seasons: 2.55 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
The fielding record: 2 catches.
At the auction
Tom Curran went under the hammer six times, bought three times and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹5.25 cr, paid by Delhi Capitals in 2021, more than 3 times the base price. Unsold in 2023, Tom Curran was bought again in 2024 by Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Tom Curran made 13 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Capitals in 2021.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 23 | 18 | 7.7 | 82.1 | 0/0 | 6 | 11.24 | 2/19 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 83 | 54* | 83.0 | 133.9 | 1/0 | 3 | 11.35 | 1/37 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 21 | 21 | 21.0 | 123.5 | 0/0 | 4 | 9.18 | 3/29 | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2018
- Rajasthan Royals: 2020
- Delhi Capitals: 2021
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 33.6% |
| Balls per four | 10.7 |
| Balls per six | 35.7 |
| Dot balls bowled | 24% |
| Balls per wicket | 18.3 |
| Catches | 2 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | ₹1 cr | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹1 cr |
| 2021 | AL2 | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹5.25 cr |
| 2023 | AL4 | ₹75 lakh | Unsold |
| 2024 | – | ₹1.50 cr | Sold to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for ₹1.50 cr |
| 2025 | AL4 | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
| 2026 | AL3 | ₹2 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet