‘Dekhte hai kitna deliver karega’ – Fans react as KKR buy Mitchell Starc for 24.75 Crore in IPL Auction 2024
Mitchell Starc (Source: Twitter)
Kolkata Knight Riders made history as they made their most expensive buy in the history of the IPL auction on 19 December as they purchased Mitchell Starc in the IPL 2024 auction for a whopping amount of INR 24.75 Crore. Beating Pat Cummins who previously became the most expensive player in the history of IPL in the same hour.
KKR’s CEO Venky Mysore talked about the importance and value the Australian pacer Starc can add to the KKR squad for the upcoming IPL 2024 season. Starc had previously represented Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL in 2014.
KKR players retained ahead of IPL 2024 Auction: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
KKR players bought in the IPL 2024 auction: KS Bharat (Rs. 50 lakh), Chetan Sakariya (Rs. 50 lakh), Mitchell Starc (Rs. 24.75 crores), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs. 20 lacks), Ramandeep Singh (Rs. 20 lacks).
KKR CEO Venky Mysore on the team’s highest bid for Mitchell Starc in IPL 2024
“Obviously he (Strac) was a preferred player from a skill set standpoint. Initially, we were not successful in some of the bids. Maybe that worked in our favour, because we did end up having money to do this. So we’re just thankful that we were able to have him on our side,” Mysore said.
“It shows the value of the player and the skill set he (Starc) possesses. He’s a fabulous player.” He said spending on a particular player is a matter of perspective and each franchise decides how to “slice” its purse differently.”
“now it seems like wow, Rs 24.75. I was telling someone that the salary cap of a team when IPL started in 2008 was Rs 20 crore. So things have changed. When the auction is over, all the 10 teams are going to walk out having spent 100 crores and each team decides to slice it differently,” he said.
“So what you’ve paid to somebody … is a matter of perspective. Ultimately, we’re all spending the same amount of money. When you plan your team, from a retention standpoint, with the auction far away, you’ve no idea of who are the players being released from other teams, trades happening, and all that. So it’s a very dynamic environment.”
Look how the fans reacted-
His family today pic.twitter.com/xuzYiLHSRD
— Amit Shah (Parody) (@Motabhai012) December 19, 2023
Mitchell and pat cummins be like pic.twitter.com/i5jnrQgE7x
— JahanZaib (@JahanZaibb_) December 19, 2023
Ready to buy his own franchise pic.twitter.com/iQTXjvMWQY
— Waѕiyullah Budye (@WasiyullahB) December 19, 2023
God knows how much they will deliver
— Shivani (ShivkiVani) (@_Shivkivani) December 19, 2023
Mitchell Starc & Pat Cummins pic.twitter.com/UEmzgEdvg5
— Radhika Chaudhary (@Radhika8057) December 19, 2023
Starc under Gambhir will be lethal, violent he will be unleashed to a different level now if he plays that’s it. GG will go and defend him in every confrontation. Damn this is going to be next level now.
Nehra ke saaath achcha rehta
— Anurag Rekhi (@Dravidict) December 19, 2023
Are they really worth so much of money???
— Shivani (ShivkiVani) (@_Shivkivani) December 19, 2023
Compensated for all the IPL missed
— Classic Mojito (@classic_mojito) December 19, 2023
