Sports

IPL 2024: Rich guy Mitchell Starc arrives in Kolkata to join the KKR team

The most costly player in IPL history, Mitchell Starc, joined the Kolkata Knight Riders camp on Sunday, March 17. Australia Worldwide arrived in Kolkata in the night and went straight to the group inn, where he got a terrific welcome from a few fans and the group administration.

As things stand, he is likely to hit the nets in the evening of Walk 18 and may take an interest in KKR’s moment to hone coordinate, which is likely to put ahead of their opening diversion against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Walk 23 at the notorious Eden Gardens. Notably, passing bowling has been KKR’s greatest concern in later times.

They intensely depended on Andre Russell, who has done well, but consistency remained a concern. To include involvement with the modern ball and quality in the passing, KKR contributed intensely to Starc as they paid INR 24.75 crore to sign the 34-year-old. In the meantime, they bought him in the 2018 mega sell-off as well, but the pacer didn’t turn up for the competition, which rankled the KKR administration. In any case, they have illuminated all past issues and would be willing to have a breaking season.

Also Read: IPL 2024: Virat Kohli, bound for the RCB, lands in Bengaluru; video goes viral

Meanwhile, KKR held a honed coordinate on Walk 18, in which the key players appeared to be in a brilliant frame. Both Phil Salt (78 runs off 41 conveyances) and Nitish Rana (50 runs off 30 conveyances) hit a half-century each, whereas Rinku Singh (37 runs off 16 conveyances) and Andre Russell (13 runs off five conveyances) inspired with their fierce hits. The hitters appeared to be in great shape, which ought to boost the certainty ahead of the unused season. With the ball, Varun Chakravarthy picked up two wickets, but he spilt 40 runs as well. More or less all the players have joined the KKR camp so far, except for Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz. He is as of now included in the T20I arrangement against Ireland in the UAE and will connect the KKR squad after their third and last coordinate of the arrangement on Walk 18.

Step into the exciting world of gaming with DojoLuck, Launching This IPL on Playstore! Visit the Dojo Luck website to get a sneak peek and Stay Connected on Instagram