Mitchell Starc, the most expensive player in the IPL auction history, has landed in Kolkata for the upcoming season. Kolkata Knight Riders broke the bank to land the signature of the Australian speedster for a whopping Rs 24.75 crore which is the most any IPL franchise has spent on a single player.
This will be the first time that Starc will be appearing in an IPL season since 2015 with the left-arm pacer’s participation hampered by a combination of injuries and prioritising Test career. He made his IPL debut in 2014 and represented Royal Challengers Bangalore for two seasons.
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Starc was then bought by KKR for IPL 2028 but was released by the franchise after failing to play a single match for the two-time champions.
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So far, in 27 IPL games, he has has taken 34 wickets at an economy of 7.17.
The 34-year-old is excited to be back in IPL and looking forward to working with a new bunch of guys at KKR who will be captained by Shreyas Iyer.
“It’s been 8 years, I think. Back to KKR where I was supposed to be in 2018. So I’ll be back there for the chance to pull on the gold and purple. I guess my memories are a few and far between of back in 2014 and 2015 with RCB but yeah, really excited to get stuck in. Obviously, a new group of players. A bunch of guys I certainly haven’t met or been able to work with before,” Starc told cricket.com.au.
“A couple of guys that I’ve, international guys that I’ve played against and come across. Yeah, it’s gonna be exciting. It’s definitely a new challenge. But yeah, it’ll be exciting. It’s always a bit of a circus when it is the best T20 league in the world. So, yeah I look forward to it,” he added.
KKR will start their season when they face Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens on March 23.
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