England all-rounder Sam Curran has been ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League as 2021 as well as the upcoming T20 World Cup, England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed in a press release. The left-arm pacer has suffered a lower back injury.
Tom Curran, who was in the reserves list of the England T20 World Cup squad has now been drafted into the main squad as his brother’s replacement meanwhile left-arm seamer Reece Topley has been added as a traveling reserve. Topley will join the England party in due course.
“Curran complained of back pain after Chennai Super Kings Indian Premier League fixture on Saturday against Rajasthan Royals,” ECB said in its release.
"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," it further added.
It was only on Tuesday morning that non-IPL playing members of the England T20 squad arrived at their Muscat base in Oman. The squad will remain at this base till October 16 before moving to Dubai for the start of the tournament.