England all-rounder Sam Curran’s heroic effort nearly pulled off an improbably comeback win for the visitors in the third and final ODI against India at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday.

However, his unbeaten knock of 95 runs from 83 deliveries, the joint-highest by a number eight batsman in ODI history, was not enough for a win, with England falling seven short of India’s 329-run total, losing the three-match series 2-1. 

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Born on June 3, 1998
in Northampton, Curran is a left handed batsman and
a left arm medium-fast bowler. Cricket runs in the 22-year-old cricketer’s blood as his grandfather was a First Class cricketer who played for Rhodesia and his father was a national cricketer for Zimbabwe. Curran is currently a Left arm medium-fast bowler and a batsman in the lower down order but has the potential to make it his primary skill.

He rose up the ranks aggressively when he was young. He was picked for the 2016 under 19 World Cup which followed a spot in the England’s Lions tour to UAE. After Ben Stokes was injured Sam was fast tracked into the national cricket team, getting his maiden test cap against Pakistan in 2018.

His biggest moment came in 2018 in a match against India where is scored 272 runs and took 11 wickets which lead England to win the series by 4-1.