“Special win. Amazing ground, played many games with different sides. Great to get the win. Don’t think I should be getting the award, with the way our pacers finished the match. Arshdeep and Nathan (Ellis) were incredible and the spinners bowled well,” Curran said during the post-match presentation ceremony.
Curran received good support from Harpreet Singh (41 off 28) in taking Punjab to a commanding total. The skipper said he waited for the right time to explode as he felt he had done that too early in the previous matches.
“When I went in to bat, I knew I had to give myself a chance. In the previous games, I’ve looked to go big a little too early and reflected on that. But we have got a long (batting) line-up and we saw Jitesh went bang-bang and we know he’s got that. He’s a massive player and we just have to take our responsibility as players come back from injuries,” he said.

The 24-year-old England allrounder, who is leading the side in the absence of injured regular skipper Shikhar Dhawan, said it was a “great experience” for him.
“Great experience. The coaches and the local guys are helping me through. (Coach Trevor) Bayliss, Haddin and Co have created a good, relaxed environment. We’ve won a few early games which helps,” said Curran.

(With agency inputs)