Mitchell Starc bags offers from 5 teams; demand rises ahead of IPL 2024 Auction
Australia’s toe-crushing yorker king Michelle Starc has gained a lot of Appreciation for his performance in the ODI World Cup 2023 finals. Starc has decided to return to IPL after seven years, after previously playing two seasons in the tournament.
Starc represented Royal Challengers Bangalore in all the two seasons and the franchise would try their best to welcome back their former pacer.
Starc previously turned in his name for IPL 2018 and was picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders but had to withdraw from the season due to an injury and was later released by the franchise. Starc picked 34 wickets in the 27 games he played in the two seasons for RCB.
Considering the team has released all their foreign fast bowlers, they might eye Starc in the IPL Auction 2024. As per sources, Mitchell Starc has received offers from five team franchisees to join their squad.
Mitchell Starc on finally returning to IPL 2024
“I’m definitely going back in (next) year. Amongst other things, it’s a great lead-up to the T20 World Cup. So a good opportunity to see if anyone’s interested in the IPL, then lead into the T20 World Cup. And it’s somewhat of a quiet winter next year … in comparison to this winter, so I think this is a perfect opportunity to put my name in,” Starc said in a Willow Talk cricket podcast.
He previously said, “To choose not to do certain things to prolong playing for Australia, I’ve tried to be smart about that. Yeah, the money’s nice (in IPL), but I’d love to play 100 Test matches. Whether I get there or not, I don’t know, but that would be a nice one to tick off. Hopefully, there’s a little bit left in me.”
Royal Challengers Bangalore retained players: Faf du Plessis (C), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar
Royal Challengers Bangalore released players: Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Royal Challengers Bangalore remaining slots: RCB have 19 players in the squad and can look to add six players including three overseas ones in the auction.
Royal Challengers Bangalore purse remaining: RCB have already spent 76.75 crore on their current squad and will enter the auction with Rs 23.25 crore still to spend.
