CURRAN GRABS IPL HAT-TRICK SAM, YOU BEAUTY . . . Cricket all-rounder Sam Curran, a former St George’s College schoolboy, was the toast of the Indian Premier League when he became the youngest cricketer to take a hat-trick in the tournament — ICC

MOHALI. — Sam Curran, the St George’s College schoolboy now an England all-rounder, became the youngest cricketer to take an Indian Premier League hat-trick on Monday.

The 20-year-old is the son of the late former Zimbabwean all-rounder Kevin Curran.

He went to Springvale House in Marondera and St George’s College while he also represented Zimbabwe at the CSA Under-13 Cricket Week in South Africa seven years ago.

Curran claimed 4/11 to help Kings XI Punjab script one of the most thrilling T20 comebacks, but had “no idea” he had dismissed three in a row.

Delhi Capitals were cruising towards their target of 167, at one stage requiring just 23 runs from 21 balls with seven wickets in hand, but Sam Curran wreaked havoc with a hat-trick as the opposition collapsed from 144/3 to 152 all-out.

The hat-trick spanned two overs —Harshal Patel was dismissed at the end of the 18th over and Curran then removed Kagiso Rabada and Sandeep Lamichhane off successive deliveries at the start of the 20th over.

So intense was the situation, that it slipped the 20-year-old’s notice that he’d taken a hat-trick.

“No, not at all,” said Curran in an interaction after the match when asked whether he was aware he’d achieved the feat.

“My main focus was obviously that last ball when Rabada came and I knew his strengths and where I could bowl, so I was always aiming for his stumps and his toes.

“When we won the game, one of the players came up to me and said “you’ve got a hat-trick”. I had absolutely no idea I had taken one.”

Just two balls before the hat-trick sequence began, Curran had already dismissed Colin Ingram — his most important contribution to the turnaround considering that Ingram was going well at 38 from 29 deliveries.

“I think we were very lucky that Shami changed the game when he got Pant out.

“I think they needed 30 off 28 balls, coming towards the end of the game it was almost gone, but the boys showed a lot of fight and the way Pant plays he’s a very aggressive batsman.

“Very lucky go get him out at that stage and Ravichandran Ashwin’s run out first ball was a huge turning point in the game… we know what Morris can do.” — Sports Reporter/ICC.

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