England all-rounder Sam Curran is looking to an “opportunity to pick the brains” of veteran captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming in his new IPL team – Chennai Super Kings. The 21-year-old Curran was the most expensive English player in the IPL auction at Rs 5.5 crore who was bought after an intense bidding tussle between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals.

“Can’t wait to come to Chennai and meet all my new teammates, playing under MS Dhoni our captain and our coach Stephen Fleming. It’s obviously going to be a great opportunity for me to pick their brains and, hopefully, we can bring the trophy home to Chennai,” Sam Curran said in a video uploaded by his new franchise.

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He had a successful season with Kings XI Punjab in the last edition, including a hat-trick but lack of consistency led Punjab released him ahead of this year’s IPL auction. He is now looking forward to doing well for the three-time winners Chennai Super Kings.

“Super excited to be joining the Chennai Super Kings for next season of IPL. A massive thank you to the coach, management staff. Just want to say I can’t wait to play in front of the home fans in Chennai. I felt some amazing things, I was lucky enough to play last year against Chennai, and to play in front of the home fans this year is going to be really special. Hopefully, we can put in some great performances for the fans,” Sam Curran concluded.