All-rounder Sam Curran has described his international inauguration as a “rollercoaster” and is eyeing the scalp of Virat Kohli after missing out on lining up alongside him with Surrey, as England prepare to host India in the first T20I on Tuesday.
The India captain had been due to play a handful of matches for the county outfit in June before a neck injury quashed such hopes. “I was pretty excited when he was meant to be my team-mate at Surrey and I was expecting to be laughing at the other county bowlers,” Curran said. “Now if I get the chance it’ll be my chance to get taken down! It’ll be fun.
Curran is arguably more regarded as a bowling all-rounder at this stage of his career, but he sees himself batting up the order in future. “Definitely I see myself at 4, 5, 6, especially higher up in one-day cricket,” he said.
“Maybe a bit like Stokesy (Ben Stokes) does for England, I could see myself doing that at Surrey. Who knows how it’ll pan out over the next couple of years but I do want to be a batter who bowls, but it will always be tough to get up the order when you’re bowling as much as I am.”
