Chennai. Mitchell Starc must have hardly seen the ‘reel’ that went viral on Instagram a month ago when Indian batsmen were continuously hitting sixes on his balls in the stadium. In this reel, instead of Starc’s voice, a person in Haryanvi accent was saying ‘Maza hi maza, I am enjoying my record price of Rs 24.75 crore in IPL.’ However, the makers of this reel had forgotten that Starc is a player of big matches and that is why such a huge amount was spent on him in the IPL auction.
Mitchell Starc, who returned to IPL after 8 years, took only 7 wickets in the first 9 matches. Seeing him out of form, KKR fans were losing patience and trollers started making reels. Away from all this, Starc was working hard to return to form. Once he returned to form, he started wreaking havoc. He showed his talent against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede ground and then in the playoffs and final. He took 2 wickets for just 14 runs in a spell of 3 overs in the final against Sunrisers Hyderabad. He made Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi his victims.
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Mitchell Starc has taken the wickets of big batsmen in the finals of big tournaments before. Be it the wicket of Brendon McCullum in the final of the ODI World Cup 2015 or the final of the World Cup 2023, where he pushed the Indian batting on the backfoot by dismissing Shubman Gill and KL Rahul.
The way Starc dismissed Abhishek Sharma, who was in great form in this IPL, in the final must have given him a glimpse of international cricket. In a big tournament like the World Cup or IPL, you do not need to take 30 wickets, but you have to perform well on two or three important days. KKR decided that Starc is worth Rs 24.75 crore and the New South Wales player showed that when it comes to big opportunities, he is invaluable.
For the last several years, Starc has given importance to Test cricket and therefore did not play much in league cricket around the world. For him, there is no better sight than sending batsmen to the pavilion with the red Kookaburra ball. Starc had told the British newspaper Guardian before the Ashes last year, ‘I like nothing more in cricket than sitting with my teammates and celebrating after a Test win. It is great to enjoy playing in the Baggy Green with many of my close friends.’ (input language)
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FIRST PUBLISHED : May 27, 2024, 24:31 IST