Iceland Cricket took a sly dig at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Mitchell Starc after his disastrous performance with the ball during the IPL 2024 match against RCB on Friday. After conceding 53 runs on his KKR debut against SunRisers Hyderabad, Starc was taken to the cleaners by the RCB batters, especially Virat Kohli. So far, Starc has failed to live up to his price tag of Rs 24.75 crore, making him the most expensive purchase in the history of IPL Players Auction. He has conceded 100 runs in two matches so far and is yet to take a wicket.
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“More expensive than a beer in Iceland,” Iceland Cricket retweeted a message on X.
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— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) March 29, 2024
Coming back to the match, Kohli bowled out the innings for RCB with his second consecutive IPL fifty. However, KKR still cruised to a seven-wicket win.
Chasing the home side’s 182-6, Kolkata reached their target with 19 balls to spare when skipper Shreyas Iyer hit an unflappable six off Mayank Dagar.
Their chase got off to a flying start with Phil Salt (30) and all-rounder Sunil Narine (47) putting on 86 for the visitors
Narine hit five sixes in his 22-ball knock before Dagar bowled him in the seventh, while Salt followed suit in the next over when he was caught at deep square leg.
Venkatesh Iyer made 50 to maintain the momentum before being caught by Kohli, while Shreyas saw out the innings with his 39.
The former RCB skipper scored 83 to make his 50 off 36 balls as he gave a thumbs up to the jubilant home crowd, and his knock made him the leading tournament points scorer since the season started last week.
But due to a lack of capable partners, Bengaluru’s innings remained a one-man show.
Cameron Green was the next top scorer at 33, but was sent back after, missing a lightning delivery from Andre Russell, he crashed off his back pad into the stumps.
(With AFP inputs)
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