Bangladesh quick bowler Mustafizur Rahman was picked by Chennai Tremendous Kings for Rs 2 crore within the IPL 2024 public sale and it signifies that he can be enjoying below the captaincy of MS Dhoni within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Whereas each cricketers boast of lengthy worldwide careers, they share a little bit of historical past amongst themselves that includes an notorious ‘collision’. Throughout a ODI match between India and Bangladesh in 2015, Dhoni and Mustafizur collided when the batter tried to take a run and the incident ended with each cricketers shedding a proportion of their match charges. The social media deal with of CSK took to social media to remind folks of the incident together with the caption – “From Collision to Coalition! It is all #Yellove!”.
In the meantime, Mitchell Starc surpassed his Australian bowling accomplice Pat Cummins to develop into the most costly purchase in IPL historical past with an eye fixed popping bid of Rs 24.75 crore.
Not lengthy after Cummins fetched an unprecedented pay packet of Rs 20.50 crore from Sunrisers Hyderabad, Starc raised the bar when Kolkata Knight Riders made a multi million greenback bid for the left-arm pacer, who final performed within the IPL in 2015.
From Collision to Coalition! It is all #Yellove!🫂💛 pic.twitter.com/DRTfFkLcJ0
— Chennai Tremendous Kings (@ChennaiIPL) December 19, 2023
Starc’s payout was considerably greater than Sam Curran bought final 12 months when Punjab Kings paid a then file Rs 18.50 crore for the England all-rounder.
Such are the unpredictable methods of IPL that one third of the formidable Australian tempo trio, Josh Hazlewood, went unsold within the first spherical of public sale from a base value of Rs 2 crore.
Gujarat Titans and KKR had been concerned in a protracted and exhilarating bidding battle for Starc earlier than the latter lapped him up for a file deal.
Starc, 33, has normally prioritised worldwide obligation over IPL however determined to enter the public sale with one eye on the T20 World Cup that follows the IPL.
He has performed solely two seasons of the IPL, taking 34 wickets in 27 video games at a mean of 20.38.
In distinction, Cummins has been a daily on the IPL however skipped the 2023 version to give attention to the Ashes and the ODI World Cup.
An intense bidding warfare adopted for Cummins with Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Tremendous Kings, and Sunrisers Hyderabad elevating their paddles frenetically to safe the providers of the quick bowling all-rounder.
In the long run, it was SRH who broke the financial institution for Cummins.
It was not the primary time that Cummins attracted big sums on the IPL public sale. Forward of the 2020 version, KKR had paid Rs 15.5 crore for his providers.
(With PTI inputs)
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