‘I am not the only bowler going for runs’: Mitchell Starc defends his numbers after his best spell in IPL 2024

Kolkata Knight Riders produced a formidable all-round efficiency to finish Mumbai Indians’ hopes to safe playoff qualification in the IPL 2024 on Friday. Venkatesh Iyer and Mitchell Starc emerged as heroes to assist Kolkata additional strengthen their second place in the factors desk with a 24-run win at Wankhede Stadium.

Venkatesh Iyer claimed the Player of the Match award for his 70 runs off 52 balls innings however Starc stole the limelight with his late match-winning spell. The Australian pacer gave KKR a breakthrough with Ishan Kishan’s early wicket after which picked three wickets in the penultimate over to bowl out Mumbai on simply 145.

Starc’s 4 wickets for 33 figures considerably boosted his regarding numbers in the IPL 2024. Arriving at Eden Gardens with a document value stage of INR 24.75 crore, Starc managed to select only two wickets in his first 4 innings however has made a shocking comeback with 9 wickets in his final 5 innings.

While answering media questions in the post-match presser, the 34-year-old left-arm pacer admitted that he wished to impress from the starting of the event however identified that he’s not the only bowler struggling in the IPL. 

“As T20 cricket doesn’t always go the way you want it to go, and of course, I wanted to go a bit better at the start,” Mitchell Starc stated after Kolkata’s win over Mumbai on Friday. “But I am not the only bowler going for runs. It is what it is. The fact that we sit second [on the points table] and are building towards the more important games at the back end and are playing some good cricket, hopefully, I can be a part of it too.”

Starc additionally shared his ideas on the influence substitute rule and the way it’s not doing any favour to bowlers. Teams have already managed to put up 250-plus totals on a document eight instances this season and bowlers are getting criticized for their costly spells. 

“The Impact Player rule changes things a fair bit. Everyone gets to bat a lot deeper having a batting and a bowling XI. There’s a lot made of that rule throughout the tournament and there’s been a lot of high scores, which is the nature of the wickets and the grounds we play on here. When you have batters and batting allrounders come in at Nos. 8 or 9, it’s a long batting line-up,” Starc added.

Starc has now picked 11 wickets in 9 innings at an financial system price of 11.40 in the event and can subsequent seen in motion in opposition to Lucknow Super Ginats at Ekana Cricket Stadium on May 5.