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Poor performance of expensive bowler: 37 matches of Indian Premier League-2024 have been completed and now half the matches are left. All eyes were on Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins of Sunrisers Hyderabad, who were bought by Kolkata Knight Riders before the start of this season. The reason behind this was that Starc was bought for a record breaking Rs 24.75 crore, Pat Cummins for Rs 20.50 crore. – Of which Mitchell Starc is proving to be a true white elephant. Starc has lost only 6 wickets in 7 matches so far.
Starc was bought for a record Rs 24.75 crore
In this way, Starc's 1 wicket is costing the Kolkata team Rs 4.12 crore. In the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday, Kolkata Knight Riders had to defend 21 runs in the last over and their victory seemed certain. But ninth-ranked Karn Sharma turned the match in Bangalore's favor by hitting two sixes in Starc's poor over. Fortunately, Bangalore's runs fell short and Kolkata managed to win by 1 run.
This season, Starc has scored 287 runs in 25 overs at an average of 47.83, with his best performance being 3 wickets for 2 runs in 33 overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins has lost 9 wickets in 7 matches. In this way his 1 wicket has fallen for 2.27 crores. However, Cummins has captained very well apart from bowling tough spells at crucial junctures.
Royal Challengers Bangalore's Alzarri Joseph bought for Rs 11.50 crore
One such expensive player is Alzarri Joseph of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Joseph, bought for Rs 11.50 crore, has lost only 1 wicket. He has given 115 runs in 9.4 overs in 3 matches. On one hand, expensive players are being criticized, while on the other hand, players like Ashutosh Sharma, Shashank Singh of Punjab were bought for Rs 20 lakh. However, he is proving to be the backbone of Punjab's batting lineup. Ashutosh Sharma has scored 159 runs in 5 matches, Shashank Singh has scored 195 unbeaten runs in 8 matches.