<p align="justify" class="title">Two-time Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders have signed Surrey and England fast bowler Tom Curran as the replacement for the injured Australian pacer Mitchell Starc.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Starc was ruled out with a stress fracture, paving the way for the 23-year-old Englishman to make his IPL debut.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A yorker specialist, Curran also bowls a deceptive, back-of-the-hand slower ball, and his skills were on full display in a thrilling ODI against Australia in January.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Curran claimed a wicket with his second ball in his T20I debut for England.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A utility batsman with a strike-rate of 128.36, Curan has played over 51 T20s with the highest score of 51 not out.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He also joins fellow Surrey player Jason Roy in this year's competition after the batsman was picked up by Delhi Daredevils during the January auction.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I'm thrilled and excited to be joining Kolkata Knight Riders for the IPL. I know from chatting to other players I can learn a lot from being in that environment, skills that I hope will benefit Surrey and my chances of representing England again this year and if selected, for next year's World Cup," he was quoted saying in the Surrey website.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He will join the squad before KKR's opening game against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens on April 8.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Two-time Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders have signed Surrey and England fast bowler Tom Curran as the replacement for the injured Australian pacer Mitchell Starc.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Starc was ruled out with a stress fracture, paving the way for the 23-year-old Englishman to make his IPL debut.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A yorker specialist, Curran also bowls a deceptive, back-of-the-hand slower ball, and his skills were on full display in a thrilling ODI against Australia in January.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Curran claimed a wicket with his second ball in his T20I debut for England.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">A utility batsman with a strike-rate of 128.36, Curan has played over 51 T20s with the highest score of 51 not out.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He also joins fellow Surrey player Jason Roy in this year's competition after the batsman was picked up by Delhi Daredevils during the January auction.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I'm thrilled and excited to be joining Kolkata Knight Riders for the IPL. I know from chatting to other players I can learn a lot from being in that environment, skills that I hope will benefit Surrey and my chances of representing England again this year and if selected, for next year's World Cup," he was quoted saying in the Surrey website.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">He will join the squad before KKR's opening game against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens on April 8.</p>