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Mitchell Aaron Starc
Revealed on: Dec 21, 2023
Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc created historical past on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 public sale in Dubai on Tuesday, December 19, changing into the most costly participant to be bought within the T20 league. Starc was purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders (KRR) for a whopping Rs 24.75 crore.
He surpassed the document which was amazingly damaged throughout the identical public sale earlier. Australian Check and ODI captain Pat Cummins briefly held the document for the most costly IPL participant, when Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) shelled out Rs 20.50 crore for him. This was the primary occasion of gamers being provided greater than Rs 20 crore at an IPL public sale. The earlier greatest was England all-rounder Sam Curran’s Rs 18.50 crore throughout the IPL public sale final yr.
Starc final featured within the IPL in 2015 for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). In 27 matches within the Indian T20 league, he has 34 scalps at an economic system fee of seven.17. “It is clearly humbling to nonetheless, I suppose, really feel like I am needed or wanted anyway. So hopefully that have that I’ve had for just a few years now can translate into success in… clearly main as much as the IPL and, hopefully, add a few of that to the KKR listing,” Starc instructed JioCinema after the huge pay package deal.
New Zealand’s 2023 World Cup star Daryl Mitchell was the third most costly buy on the IPL 2024 public sale. He was purchased by Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) for Rs 14 crore. Punjab Kings (PBKS) went for demise overs specialist Harshal Patel at Rs 11.75 crore. The pacer thus turned the most costly Indian purchase on the IPL 2024 public sale.
In a considerably shocking transfer, RCB spent as a lot as Rs 11.50 crore to purchase West Indies tempo bowler Alzarri Joseph. One other Australian quick bowler, left-armer Spencer Johnson, additionally had an enormous day on the public sale. He was bought by Gujarat Titans (GT) for Rs 10 crore.
If we discuss uncapped Indian gamers, Sameer Rizvi, a younger 20-year-old batter walked away with a whopping pay package deal of Rs 8.40 crore. Rilee Rossouw (Rs 8 crore to Punjab Kings), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 7.4 crore to Gujara Titans) and Rovman Powell (Rs 7.4 crore to Rajasthan Royals) had been a number of the different prime buys of the IPL 2024 public sale.
Whereas 332 gamers had been picked to go beneath the hammer, 72 gamers ended up being offered, 30 of them being abroad gamers. In all, the ten franchises spent a complete of Rs 230.45 crore on the IPL 2024 public sale.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
