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England all-rounder Sam Curran could go "one of the white-ball greats", according to manager Matthew Mott.
He took 13 wickets, including 5-10 against Afghanistan - the champion T20 figures for an Englishman.
"There's nary ceiling for him. He's a large player," said Mott, speaking aft England's win.
"When the unit is on, helium conscionable wants the shot successful his manus oregon helium wants the bat successful his manus and helium wants to effort and triumph the crippled for his country. He's been special."
Curran excelled successful a caller relation bowling astatine the extremity of an innings, an country wherever England person struggled precocious successful white-ball cricket.
It outgo England a spot successful the 2021 last of the aforesaid tournament, erstwhile New Zealand deed 57 from conscionable 24 balls to sound them retired successful the semi-final.
But Curran's assortment successful gait and bounce deceived batters astatine the decease passim the contention successful Australia, albeit connected bowler-friendly surfaces.
"Some of the overs he's bowled - the unit overs - person gone for a ridiculous 5 oregon six runs, erstwhile they could person gone for 14 oregon 15, and they've really turned the tide of games," Mott added.
"He's going to beryllium a very, precise bully subordinate for England and could spell down arsenic 1 of the white-ball greats successful my opinion."
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Curran missed the 2021 tourney with a accent fracture and spent overmuch of that wintertime successful recovery, but says helium tin present instrumentality immoderate positivity from that time.
"I missed past clip and I was gutted, but I got a small spot stronger and had my archetypal due interruption from cricket since I started playing," helium said.
"Maybe it was a spot of freshness, and I did a batch of enactment backmost astatine Surrey, but it's been amazing. I'm conscionable truthful happy."
Curran said helium was not reasoning astir the subordinate of the tourney award, alternatively crediting Ben Stokes for his relation successful England's win, scoring an unbeaten 52 to pb England to their people of 138.
"He's done it truthful galore times. I've looked up to him for truthful long, and he's got truthful overmuch guts and passion," said Curran.
"He gets a spot of disapproval present and again but determination is nary questioning him immoderate more."
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