Mitchell Starc
IPL 2024 Auction Mitchell Starc: Ever since the list of 333 players came for the IPL 2024 auction, it was expected that when the name of Australian pacer Mitchell Starc was called, every team would bid on him. When the actual auction started, all the teams started bidding on them. First Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals started bidding on him. Mitchell Starc’s bid, which started with a base price of Rs 2 crore, crossed Rs 5 crore and Rs 10 crore within a short time. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals withdrew their feet. After this the real war started between KKR i.e. Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans. Both the teams started bidding one after the other. The prize war was increasing.
Mitchell Starc left Pat Cummins behind in just a few seconds.
Mitchell Starc first overtook his own compatriot Pat Cummins. Pat Cummins was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20.5 crore in today’s auction. Till now only Pat Cummins had made a bid of Rs 20 crore, which was broken within a short time by Mitchell Starc. The bid for Mitchell Starc went from Rs 20 crore to Rs 21 and then to Rs 22 crore. There was silence in the entire auction room. The prize war between the two teams was at its peak. KKR and GT camps were discussing among themselves. This amount gradually reached 23 crores and even after this it did not stop.
Mitchell Starc will play IPL after almost 9 years
Mitchell Starc is coming to play IPL once again after almost 9 years. Earlier, he had played for RCB in the year 2015, after which he himself refused to play IPL. But this time he had already announced that he is coming to play this year’s IPL. The bid between the two teams gradually increased to Rs 24 crore 75 lakh. KKR won the last bid. Kolkata Knight Riders have signed Mitchell Starc for Rs 24.75 crore.
​Mitchell Starc’s performance in IPL and T20 has been like this
Talking about Mitchell Starc’s IPL career, he has taken 34 wickets after playing 27 matches. His performance has been quite commendable. If we talk about overall T20, he has taken a total of 73 wickets in his name after playing 58 matches. Now the whole world is going to keep an eye on how Mitchell Starc performs while playing for KKR.
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