New Delhi. This time in the IPL, if there is one player who is going to be watched the most, then it is Mitchell Starc. There was a historic battle for Australia’s Mitchell Starc in the IPL auction. Bidding was done on him so many times that it was never seen before in the history of IPL. A full 99 times. The last bid was made by Kolkata Knight Riders. Rs 24.75 crore… Just after this, every other franchise accepted defeat and Starc became KKR.
Mitchell Starc will be seen playing in IPL (Indian Premier League) after 8 years. He last played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2015. Since then, he did not play in the IPL, sometimes due to giving first priority to the Australian cricket team and sometimes due to injury. In the year 2028, Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for Rs 9.40 crore, but he could not come on the field due to injury. KKR’s six year old wish is now being fulfilled. Starc is now going to play for KKR.
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Due to the long wait and huge price, there is going to be a lot of pressure on Mitchell Starc in IPL 2024. Those who know Starc also know that his best performance comes out only under pressure. World Cup 2023 is a big witness to this. Starc was not in color in the league matches of this World Cup played in India. From cricket experts to fans were worried about his form. But when it came to the knockout matches, i.e. semi-finals and finals, Starc had returned to his supreme form.
Said 99 times… 99 is the highest score
Now when the KKR team will enter the IPL 2024 under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, it will expect the same supreme form from Starc. Mitchell Starc, who takes wickets with the very first ball, also bats well in the lower order. 10 half-centuries in Test cricket are witness to this. An interesting thing – Mitchell Starc’s highest score in Test cricket is 99 and KKR won him by placing the 99th bid in the IPL auction.
KKR won the title 9 years ago
Australia uses Mitchell Starc, who has played 89 Tests and 121 ODI matches, in a very strategic manner. Be it bowling change or giving rest under work load management. Mitchell Starc’s captain always takes care. KKR will also have to keep this in mind. The history of this 34 year old player is full of injuries. In such a situation, KKR management will also have to think whether Starc should be played in the entire match or he should be given rest in between. whatever. It is certain that KKR’s success in IPL 2024 will largely depend on Mitchell Starc, who has been waiting for the title for 9 years. Kolkata Knight Riders last won the IPL in 2014.
Kolkata Knight Riders full Squad: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Sunil Narine, Sherfane Rutherford, Anukul Roy, Suyyash Sharma, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty. , KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Saqib Hussain.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 21, 2024, 07:51 IST