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 shall be taking part in beneath 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 share 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 associate Pat Cummins to develop into the most costly purchase in IPL historical past with a watch 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 received final yr when Punjab Kings paid a then report 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 report deal.
Starc, 33, has normally prioritised worldwide responsibility 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 median of 20.38.
In distinction, Cummins has been an everyday on the IPL however skipped the 2023 version to give attention to the Ashes and the ODI World Cup.
An intense bidding conflict adopted for Cummins with Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Tremendous Kings, and Sunrisers Hyderabad elevating their paddles frenetically to safe the companies 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 large sums on the IPL public sale. Forward of the 2020 version, KKR had paid Rs 15.5 crore for his companies.
(With PTI inputs)
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