Tom Curran to replace brother Sam Curran in Englands T20 World Cup 2021 squad

English all-rounder Sam Curran, who plays for MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, has been ruled out of the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2021 due to back injury.

The 23-year-old left arm bowler will be replaced by his brother Tom Curran, who plays for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League, in England’s squad for the T20 World Cup.

Surrey’s Reece Topley has been included for additional support as a travelling reserve and will join the England party in due course.

The England and Wales Cricket Board revealed that Curran complained of lower back pain following Chennai’s outing against the Rajasthan Royals on Saturday. 

“Results of the scan revealed the injury. He will fly back to the UK in the next couple of days and will have further scans and a full review later this week from the ECB’s medical team,” ECB’s statement read.

The England players and management not in the IPL arrived at their Muscat base on Tuesday and will remain in Oman until 16 October after completing a mandatory quarantine period.

They will then head to their tournament base in Dubai before starting their campaign on 23 October against West Indies.

England, who are in a group with Australia, South Africa and two first-round qualifiers, will play warm-up matches against India, on 18 October, and New Zealand two days later.