5 was the first suggestion that he is maybe one of the key guilty parties. The finger is being firmly pointed at Rajasthan's batting after a haul of three wins in nine, and against RCB, Jos Buttler's shift from opener to No. So many winning positions, so few results to show for them. Only 21 runs to play with, and Shikhar Dhawan on 98 from 53, Curran scuppered Alex Carey first-ball, almost induced a play-on second, extracted an lbw from his fifth ball that was subsequently over-turned, and conceded just four runs in total - only for Axar Patel to ruin his good work with three match-sealing sixes in Jadeja's final over. Undeterred, Curran steeled himself to make amends with the ball, and so nearly swiped an unlikely win with an outstanding 19th over of Delhi's chase. And if he was less effective in his second outing against Delhi, then at least he didn't waste his time in failing - a third-ball duck allowed Watson and Faf du Plessis to pick up where they left off. He duly came up trumps with a power-packed 31 from 21 against Sunrisers, albeit he took a little while to get truly warmed-up. Not content with getting stuck into every crumb of action thrown his way, Sam Curran even earned a promotion to the top of Chennai Super Kings' batting card - supplanting the mighty Shane Watson no less - on the back of his unbridled belligerence in the lower half of the innings. Another all-action week in the life of England's youngest gun.
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