Mitchell Starc produced a sensational spell with the new ball to dismantle the Sunrisers Hyderabad top-order, which has taken IPL 2024 by storm with some scintillating batting displays. New Delhi: Australian paceman Mitchell Starc finally lived to the tag of the ‘most expensive player in IPL history’ with a devastating spell with the new ball in the Qualifier 1 clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Starc stole the limelight when he became the costliest player in IPL history during IPL Mini auctions in December last year after KKR bought him for a whopping ₹24.
75 crore. But the Aussie pacer failed to live up to his price tag with a series of underwhelming performances in IPL 2024. But as they say, big players step up on the big stage.
Starc saved his best for the playoff stage. The left-arm quick produced a sensational spell with the new ball to dismantle the Sunrisers Hyderabad top-order, which has taken IPL 2024 by storm with some scintillating batting displays. Starc dismissed danger-man Travis Head for a 2-ball duck with a peach of a delivery to give KKR the perfect start.
Head’s misery against the left-arm pacers continued following his failure against Punjab Kings in SRH’s last league match when he was dismissed in almost similar fashion by Arshdeep Singh. Things went from bad to worse for the Sunrisers, who lost another in-form player Abhishek Sharma in the second over bowled by Vaibhav Arora. Af.
