The 29-year-old has been building up his fitness by playing club cricket in Barbados and last week took a wicket for Sussex's second XI. "It's incredibly exciting to have a player of his quality," all-rounder Curran said on Monday. "I'm sure England fans and players are extremely buzzed to have him back. "He's obviously got that extra pace and fear factor we can bring to the opposition. We all hope his injuries are behind him now."

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"Jof's had a really tough couple of years we all hope he can come back and do what he does for England and bring the A game that we know he's got."

England, who are reigning T20 world champions, are desperate to find form ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and the United States. Curran is one of eight squad members who returned early from the IPL 2024 ahead of the Pakistan series. The players had little time together before the defence of their 50-over title.

"The messaging from (captain) Jos (Buttler) and the coaching staff was they wanted to get the group back together and we probably didn't have that last time," said Curran. "We've been apart for a while so these games are going to be really crucial. We want to be playing as a team and get used to our roles. "There's a lot of buzz around the group, it seems like we're back to our energy and it seems like the boys are really fizzed about this trophy hopefully coming back." 

England will lock horns with Pakistan for the first T20I match of the series at Headingley on Wednesday.

(With AFP Inputs)