Australians Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc broke all document on the Indian Premier League 2024 auction in Dubai. Pat Cummins went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹20.50 crore whereas Mitchell Starc was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for a whopping quantity of ₹24.75 crore
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) participant auction in Dubai on December 19 noticed many data being damaged.
Australian world-cup successful captain Pat Cummins was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad for a whopping quantity of ₹20.50 crore. Pat Cummins beat England all-rounder Sam Curran who was snapped by Punjab Kings for an quantity of ₹18.50 crore within the 2023 auction.
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Within hours of signing of Pat Cummins by Sunrisers Hyderabad, his compatriot Mitchell Starc broke all data and overtook Pat Cummins for a whopping quantity of ₹24.75 crore. Kolkata Knight Riders snapped Mitchell Starc for the document quantity. The bidding was intense with Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals fought for him till ₹9.60 crore. After that it was Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans who pushed Starc’s value previous ₹20 crore mark. It was lastly KKR who signed Starc.
Mitchell Starc was making a comeback to the Indian Premier League after a 9-year absence. He performed IPL in 2014 and 2015 for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Another Australian Josh Hazlewood went unsold this yr.
Though Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians started the bidding, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore bid for Pat Cummins aggressively pushing his value previous the ₹10 crore and ₹15 crore mark. His base value was ₹2 crore.
The Australian World Cup-winning captain performed for the Kolkata Knight Riders till 2022 earlier than opting out of the 2023 version of the match.
