5 players who will be in high demand in IPL 2023 auction

2. Sam Curran

Sam Curran is a proven performer in the shortest format of the game. The 24-year-old has featured in 144 T20 games and bagged 146 wickets at an economy of 8.48. With the bat, he has scored 1731 runs at a strike rate of 135.65. The Northampton-born has shown his all-round might in the lPL arena too. He has bagged 32 wickets in as many games and smashed 337 runs at a superb strike rate of 149.78. 

Curran’s bowling stocks have seen a meteoric rise of late and the ace all-rounder has been a wrecker-in-chief for England in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022. He has featured in five games thus far and picked 10 wickets at an economy of 7.28. The left-arm pacer has deceived batters with his variations and nailed pin-point yorkers at the slog overs.

Curran has shown the ability to bowl in any phase of the game and can act as a floater on the batting front. The England all-rounder adds depth to any side and many franchises could raise their paddle for him at the IPL 2023 auction.