The title of IPL 2024 was won by Shahrukh Khan's team Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR lifted the trophy after 10 years by defeating the most dangerous team of the tournament Sunrisers in the final match. For this, BCCI gave a cheque of 20 crores to the entire team as a prize, which did not make the young player of the team Angkrish Raghuvanshi very happy. He also made fun of it. This has been revealed by Mitchell Starc, who played an important role in KKR's victory. He revealed this story of the Listener Sport podcast IPL.

Raghuvanshi compared Stark's salary

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc was not in form during the group stage of IPL. However, he came into his form as soon as the playoffs came. In Qualifier 1 and the final, he made the Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen sweat with his swing and pace. He maintained this form in the T20 World Cup. However, his team was out of the semi-final race after losing to India and Afghanistan in the Super-8. Starc had gone to the Listener Sport podcast to discuss this World Cup journey. During this, he revealed that when the cheque of 20 crores came after the victory, Raghuvanshi, looking at it, said that this is less than his salary. KKR bought Mitchell Starc for 24.75 crores in the IPL 2024 auction.

The prize money of IPL was 46.5 crores

BCCI had kept a total prize money of Rs 46.5 crore for IPL 2024. In this, KKR, which won the final, was given Rs 20 crore, while the losing SRH was given Rs 12.5 crore. Apart from this, the third-placed team of the tournament, Rajasthan Royals, got Rs 7 crore and Royal Challengers Bangalore, which finished fourth, got Rs 6.5 crore.

Starc has earned 44.75 crores from IPL

Mitchell Starc has played a total of five seasons in the IPL. Out of these, he played 4 seasons for Royal Challengers Bangalore and one season for Kolkata Knight Riders. During this time he earned a total of 44.75 crores. While playing for RCB, he got a salary of 5 crores in every season. At the same time, KKR gave Rs 24.75 crore in IPL 2024.