Birmingham: Young Sam Curran stated Saturday that he tried to take a leaf out of India skipper Virat Kohli’s batting in the opening Test which England won by 31 runs.
“I can’t take it all at the moment. It feels like I’m dreaming. To be honest, I tried to learn from how Virat batted with the tail in the first innings,” Curran said after the match.
Man of the match Curran who took four wickets in India’s first innings struck a crucial 63 runs in England’s second innings helped his side to have a competitive 194 runs to defend.
The 20-year-old left-arm medium pacer also informed that he met former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara and took some tips of batting with the tail-enders.
“Got some tips from Kumar (Sangakkara) the other day in the hotel and he spoke to me a bit about batting with the tail. I have grown up watching these guys and to play in front of such a crowd I am just learning every day,” Curran informed.
Curran also got praise from teammate Ben Stokes as the all-rounder pointed out that his counter-attacking innings was the turning point of the match.
“I thought we were a bit behind with the lead but Sam (Curran) took them out of play, the way that he played at such a young age, that was the big turning point of this Test match,” Stokes said.