Lucknow: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction surprised everyone on the day when Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) included Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc in their team for Rs 24.75 crore. After paying him such a huge amount, the Kolkata team had expected that he would bowl economically and get wickets for the team from time to time. However, after the start of the tournament, he could not perform well in the first few matches. Starc was not able to take wickets in the initial matches and was proving to be very expensive.
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After Starc's poor performance, he started being criticized a lot and paying such a huge amount was not justified. However, Starc has made a comeback in the last few matches and has bowled brilliantly. In this series, Starc took 3 wickets in his name in the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and pushed the opposition team on the backfoot. Seeing his performance, former Indian batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu has given a big statement about the fast bowler.
He said, “Mitchell Starc is a big match player and he knows very well how to take wickets. Starc is a wicket-taking bowler and his talent should not be compared with money. We should not forget that Starc can win the match for the team at any time.”
Let us tell you that in the first qualifier match played between Kolkata and Hyderabad, the left arm fast bowler bowled excellently and the result of his bowling was that SRH could not score a big score. In this match, Hyderabad had won the toss and decided to bat first and their decision proved to be wrong and they were seen struggling against the KKR bowlers. The 34-year-old gave away 34 runs in 4 overs in this match, giving away 3 batsmen in the pavilion. Showed the way.
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