25 crore bowler's account opened in IPL 2024, got two wickets and both were Australians

Kolkata Knight Riders scored a hat-trick of wins by defeating Delhi Capitals by 106 runs on Wednesday. In this match, KKR's Rs 25 crore bowler Mitchell Starc has finally taken a wicket in the third match. Earlier, this most expensive player of IPL 2024 was yearning for wickets.

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:49 PM (IST)
25 crore bowler's account opened in IPL 2024, got two wickets and both were Australians

Kolkata Knight Riders scored a hat-trick of wins by defeating Delhi Capitals by 106 runs on Wednesday. Batting first, KKR had set a huge target of 273 runs for Delhi, but the entire DC team was limited to just 166 runs and KKR has reached the top of the points table this season with a hat-trick of wins. At the same time, in this match, KKR's 25 crore bowler Mitchell Starc has finally taken a wicket in the third match. Earlier, this most expensive player of IPL 2024 was becoming a headache for KKR.

Mitchell Starc, an Australian fast bowler, was part of the KKR team that won the IPL 2024 mini-auction with the highest bid of Rs 24.75 crore. However, Starc scored 53 runs in the opening IPL 2024 match without taking a wicket. gave the ball away. He longed for a wicket in the second match after this. In the first two matches, Starc conceded 100 runs without claiming any wickets.

In the third game against Delhi Capitals, Mitchell Starc, who was giving KKR a lot of trouble in the first two games, finally started taking wickets. Against Delhi, Mitchell Starc has taken 2 wickets for 25 runs in 3 overs with an economy of 8.30 and both these wickets belong to Australian batsmen. He took the first wicket of Mitchell Marsh and the second wicket of David Warner in IPL 2024.

Talking about Mitchell Starc's IPL career, he has played a total of 30 matches so far, in which he has taken 36 wickets for 818 runs at an economy of 7.6. His best bowling performance is 4/15. Talking about his batting performance, he has scored 103 runs in 14 innings of these matches at an average of 14.71.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Content Writer