England & Wales Cricket Board confirmed on Tuesday that all-rounder Sam Curran has been ruled out of the remaining of the IPL 2021 and the upcoming men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE with a lower-back injury.
“Results of the scan revealed the injury. He (Sam Curran) 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,” the ECB said in a statement.
Curran was playing for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and now his brother Tom Cuuran has been named as replacement.
“Curran’s brother, Tom, has been drafted into England’s squad for the T20 World Cup. In addition, Surrey’s Reece Topley has been added as a travelling reserve. Topley will join the England party in due course. The England players and management not at the IPL arrived at their Muscat base earlier today and will remain in Oman until 16 October before moving to Dubai for the start of the tournament.”
Squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
Reserves:Liam Dawson, Reece Topley, James Vince