New Delhi. Kolkata Knight Riders have shown amazing performance in this season of Indian Premier League. Even before the start of the tournament, franchise co-owner Shah Rukh Khan had associated Gautam Gambhir with the team as a mentor. This legend has won the trophy twice for KKR as captain. The player on whom he placed his bet in the auction before IPL 2024 performed well before the final and did wonders in the final.
Everyone was waiting for the IPL final to be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both the teams made it to this mega final by playing brilliantly this season. Sunrisers captain Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bat first. Kolkata’s star fast bowler Mitchell Starc wreaked havoc as soon as he came. In the first over, he clean bowled one of the most dangerous batsmen Abhishek Sharma and then dismissed Rahul Tripathi.
Gambhir was determined and placed a high bid
Gautam Gambhir had decided to go all out to add Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc to the Kolkata team. In the auction, KKR’s mentor placed a bid of Rs 24.75 crore on this player. This was the highest amount received by any player in the history of the tournament.
Mitchell Starr did not have a good start this season but he got into form as the playoffs approached. He took a total of 17 wickets after playing 14 matches for Kolkata this season. In the final, he took a wicket in the first over and then took a wicket in the next over as well.
FIRST PUBLISHED : May 26, 2024, 20:52 IST