Australia’s Mitchell Starc returned to IPL after eight years in model, breaking the document for the most costly purchase within the match’s historical past which was set hours in the past within the IPL 2024 public sale in Dubai.
Whereas Starc’s compatriot and captain Pat Cummins fetched a whopping Rs 20.50 crore bid from Sunrisers Hyderabad, the left-arm pacer was purchased by KKR for a mind-boggling sum of Rs 24.75 crore.
From Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians to Gujarat Titans, all had been involved in Starc, with the Gujarat franchise matching the KKR bid for bid. However the Kolkata franchise, who had been searching for an skilled pacer to guide their assault, silenced all with an outrageous Rs 24.75 crore profitable bid.
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Earlier within the day, Harshal Patel and Daryl Mitchell additionally drew the large bucks on the public sale.
Apart from Cummins, Sunrisers additionally grabbed World Cup ultimate hero Travis Head for Rs 6.80 crore.
Harshal Patel, who was launched by RCB forward of the public sale, stays a wanted participant with Punjab Kings paying Rs 11.75 crore for the out-of-favour India pacer.
Mitchell, who additionally had ODI World Cup, had an enormous payday with Chennai Tremendous Kings spending Rs 14 crore for the New Zealand batter.
It was not the primary time that Cummins attracted big sums on the IPL public sale. Forward of the 2020 version, KKR had paid Rs 15.5 crore for his companies.
Head, who scored a match-winning century within the ODI World Cup ultimate towards India and likewise starred within the World Check Championship ultimate towards the Rohit Sharma-led staff earlier this 12 months, noticed reigning champions Chennai Tremendous Kings and SRH take pleasure in a bidding conflict.
The wicketkeeper batter was lastly grabbed by 2016 champions SRH.
New Zealand batter Rachin Ravindra, with a base value of Rs 50 lakh, was snapped by CSK for a modest Rs 1.8 crore. Ravindra was one other star of the not too long ago held ODI World Cup in India.
West Indies T20 skipper Rovman Powell emerged as the most costly participant in set 1 of the IPL public sale, going to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 7.40 crore.
Younger South Africa pacer Gerald Coetzee attracted a profitable bid of Rs 5 crore from Mumbai Indians whereas India pacer Shardul Thakur returned to CSK for Rs 4 crore.
(With PTI inputs)
