DTVHINDIIPL 2024: We hoped that Mitchell Starc would prove to be the X-Factor for us: Gautam Gambhir made a big revelation after winning the final
According to Gautam Gambhir, he had absolutely no doubt about Starc and he knew very well that the excellent fast bowler would prove to be the X-factor for him. Mitchell Starc (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Gautam Gambhir has praised Mitchell Starc for his excellent bowling in the Indian Premier League 2024 playoffs. Let us tell you, Mitchell Starc took three wickets for 34 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 1, while in the final he took two wickets for 14 runs against the same team. Many people praised Mitchell Starc’s bowling. In the Indian Premier League 2024 auction, Mitchell Starc was included in the Kolkata Knight Riders team for Rs 24.75 crore. The performance of the brilliant fast bowler was quite disappointing in the initial matches of IPL 2024. In the first two matches, Mitchell Starc gave 100 runs in 8 overs and did not take a single wicket. However, by the end of the tournament, Mitchell Starc had 17 wickets at an average of 26.12. According to Gautam Gambhir, he had no doubts about Starc and he knew very well that the excellent fast bowler would prove to be the X-factor for him. Gautam Gambhir told Sportskeeda on the match, ‘We had no doubt about Starc and we all knew that he would prove to be the X factor for us in this tournament. We all knew that at the right time he would present his tremendous performance in front of the world and he did just that. Starc bowled very well in Qualifier 1 and the final and this is the mark of a big player. There was no talk of money at all and with Starc’s arrival our team became even stronger.’ Gautam Gambhir praised Mitchell Starc a lot Regarding Abhishek Sharma’s bowling in the final, Gautam Gambhir said, ‘You expect a bowler to bowl a ball like this. Kolkata Knight Riders expected a great performance from Mitchell Starc in Qualifier 1 and the final and he did just that. I cannot say whether this ball was playable or not because there is no ball that cannot be played but yes it was a very good ball. I don’t care what people are saying about Starc or what is being discussed about him on social media. According to me, there should be no discussion about performance because big players always leave their mark in important matches. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start…
“That was the best ball of IPL, the game was over for SRH right there…”- Matthew Hayden praised Mitchell Starc
This was bound to be the best ball of the IPL – absolutely brilliant at a crucial time – Matthew Hayden Mathew Hayden and Mitchell Starc (Photo Source: X/Twitter) In the IPL 2024 final, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the trophy. Mitchell Starc has a big role in this victory of the franchise. Starc bowled Abhishek Sharma in the very first over. Then he also took the wicket of Rahul Tripathi. The ball that Mitchell Starc bowled to Abhishek Sharma has become a topic of discussion in the cricket world. Matthew Hayden has given a big statement by calling that ball of Starc as the ball of the IPL. This was bound to be the best ball of IPL – Matthew Hayden Former Australian player Matthew Hayden is not tired of praising Mitchell Starc’s brilliant bowling in the playoff stage of IPL 2024. Talking on Star Sports about the ball that Starc bowled against Abhishek Sharma, Hayden said, ‘The moment that ball left Mitchell Starc’s hand, the game was over. It was destined to be the best ball of the IPL – absolutely brilliant at a crucial time.’ Former England player Kevin Pietersen was also seen praising Mitchell Starc’s performance. He said, ‘For most of the season In the last two weeks, Mitchell Starc has been bowling at around 136-137 kmph. But in the last two weeks, he has crossed the 140 kmph mark, which is his normal speed. We didn’t see him swinging the ball for the first seven or eight weeks of the tournament. But recently, he has managed to get his wrist in the right place and started swinging the ball back. Mitchell Starc was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 24.75 crore in the IPL 2024 auction. But his performance in the league stage was not very good, he also had to face criticism. The management backed Starc and he showed amazing performance in big matches like Qualifier-1 and Final. In Qualifier-1, he took 3 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs. In the final, he took two wickets for 14 runs in 3 overs. He won the Player of the Match title in both the matches.
T20 World Cup won’t see high scores like IPL 2024: Mitchell Starc
T20 World Cup is starting from 2 June Mitchell Starc (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the ICC Men’s Cricket T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you that this time this tournament will be played from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. However, now before the start of this multi-nation tournament, Australia cricket team’s fast bowler Mitchell Starc has made a big statement. Starc says that big scores like IPL 2024 will not be seen in the T20 World Cup this time. Mitchell Starc made a big statement before the T20 World Cup Let us tell you that during the post match after the final match of IPL 2024, Mitchell Starc said – IPL has the impact player rule, not in T20 World Cup 2024. You have to show more confidence in your all-rounder players. In the T20 World Cup, you cannot keep your all-rounder at number 8, as has been seen in this IPL. I don’t think that high scores like IPL 2024 will not be seen in the T20 World Cup, because there the teams will have one less batsman. Starc further said- Batsmen are playing fearlessly in the powerplay in IPL. They are able to hit the ball better, as we saw in IPL 2024. Such wickets will not be seen in the West Indies, there will be more grass on the wicket. The ball may move more there towards the end of the tournament. Some balls may stay quite low and slow on the wicket. It is expected that bowlers will play a key role in the T20 World Cup 2024 as compared to the IPL. Australian team for T20 World Cup 2024 David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green and Nathan Ellis.
After performing brilliantly in IPL 2024, Mitchell Starc wants to play for KKR in the next season as well
In the final match of IPL, Starc took 2 wickets for 14 runs in 3 overs for KKR. Mitchell Starc (Pic Source-X) Australia cricket team and Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Mitchell Starc is already looking eager to play in the upcoming season of IPL. Let us tell you that recently Starc has not only performed brilliantly for Kolkata in the 17th season of IPL, but also took 2 big wickets giving only 14 runs in 3 overs against SRH in the final match. On the other hand, due to the excellent bowling of Starc and the rest of the bowlers, KKR restricted SRH to just 113 runs. After this, Kolkata easily achieved this target by losing 2 wickets in 10.3 overs. After this match, Starc has now given a big statement. Mitchell Starc is already eager to play in the upcoming season of IPL Let us tell you that after the final match between Kolkata vs Hyderabad, Mitchell Starc said in the post match – I don’t know exactly about next year’s schedule, but as I said, I enjoyed it and I am looking forward to coming back again, and hopefully next year once again the IPL trophy will be colored purple and golden. Starc further said- I have put Australian cricket first in the last 9 years. IPL has been a time of vacation for me and at this time I give rest to my body. It has been like this for the last 9 years. I have now reached the end of my career and soon I may stop playing one format. It is worth noting that in the auction held for IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Raiders bought Mitchell Starc for a huge amount of Rs 24.75 crore. So, by performing brilliantly for KKR in the playoffs and the final match, Starc has proved his price right.
Video: Mitchell Starc threw ‘IPL 2024 Ball of the Tournament’, the video is going viral like fire
Mitchell Starc bowled a length ball on the middle stump which got a lot of swing and beat Abhishek Sharma and hit the stumps. Mitchell Starc (Pic Source-X) IPL Final, KKR vs SRH: Sunrisers Hyderabad, who won the toss and batted first in the final match of IPL 2024, were bowled out for just 113 runs. This is the lowest score in an IPL final. Andre Russell took the maximum of 3 wickets for Kolkata. Mitchell Starc and Harshit Rana took two wickets each. Pat Cummins scored the highest 24 runs for Hyderabad. The remaining batsmen were Travis Head 00, Abhishek Sharma 02 and Rahul Tripathi were out after scoring 9 runs. Heinrich Klaasen scored 16 runs and Aiden Markram scored 20 runs. Not a single Hyderabad batsman could score big against KKR bowlers. Mitchell Starc bowled “IPL 2024 Ball of the Tournament” Openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma came to the crease. Head did not want to face Mitchell Starc because he had clean bowled Head in the last match. In such a situation, Abhishek Sharma took the strike, however instead of Head, he became the victim of Mitchell Starc. Starc made headlines by bowling a brilliant ball and dismissing Abhishek Sharma in the very first over. It was an absolutely brilliant delivery, to which Abhishek had no answer. In fact, Mitchell Starc bowled a length ball on the middle stump which got a lot of swing and beat Abhishek Sharma and hit the stumps. Video: Watch a glimpse of the IPL 2024 Ball of the Tournament AN ABSOLUTE RIPPER! As spectacular as it gets from Mitchell Starc ⚡️ He gets the in-form Abhishek Sharma early 🔥 Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia #TATAIPL , #KKRvSRH , #Final , #TheFinalCall pic.twitter.com/K5w9WIywuR — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 26, 2024 Mitchell Starc bowled only 3 overs for KKR. In these 3 overs, he took 2 wickets and conceded 14 runs. He took his first wicket in the form of Abhishek Sharma, while Rahul Tripathi was his second victim.
IPL 2024: This is why KKR included Mitchell Starc in their team at a huge price: Kevin Pietersen
Mitchell Starc bowled brilliantly for Kolkata Knight Riders and took three wickets for 34 runs in four overs. Mitchell Starc (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen made a big statement about Mitchell Starc’s match-winning spell for Kolkata Knight Riders in the first qualifier match of the Indian Premier League 2024 played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 21. Let us tell you, in this important match played in Ahmedabad, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets and made their place in the final of this important tournament. Mitchell Starc bowled brilliantly for Kolkata Knight Riders and took three wickets for 34 runs in four overs. He took the wickets of Travis Head, Nitish Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed. Sunrisers Hyderabad could not perform well in front of Starc’s lethal bowling and lost the match. Kevin Pietersen, while talking on Star Sports, praised Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc. Kevin Pietersen said, ‘These Australian players are big match players. That is why they are bought at high prices. He did not say that you owe me money and I will give you back by performing well. Starc will not say that I do not know how to bowl. He can bowl and that is why the team has bought him at a huge price. Kolkata Knight Riders confirm their place in the final of IPL 2024 Let us tell you, in the Indian Premier League 2024 auction, Kolkata Knight Riders included Mitchell Starc in their team for Rs 24.75 crore. Starc was the most expensive player of this important tournament. The fast bowler did not have such a good start in IPL 2024 but he played an important role in Kolkata’s victory by bowling brilliantly for his team in the important match. Talking about the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad, batting first against Kolkata, scored 159 runs after losing all the wickets. On behalf of the team, Rahul Tripathi contributed 55 runs while captain Pat Cummins scored 30 runs. Heinrich Klaasen played a valuable inning of 32 runs. In reply, Kolkata team won the match by losing two wickets. For Kolkata, captain Shreyas Iyer contributed the match-winning innings of 58 runs while Venkatesh Iyer contributed 51* runs. 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy? IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are creating havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Amazing records of Dhoni as CSK captain Captains of which teams were changed before the start of IPL 2024
IPL 2024: Mitchell Starc, worth Rs 24.75 crore, showed his true colors in the knockout match, got KKR the final ticket
Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs in his spell Mitchell Starc (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) IPL 2024: SRH vs KKR, Qualifier 1: Mitchell Starc Won POTM Award: In the Qualifier-1 match of IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets and confirmed their place in the final. In the match, Hyderabad, batting first, were all out for 159 runs in 19.3 overs. KKR chased the target in just 13.4 overs and won. The hero of this victory of Kolkata Knight Riders was Mitchell Starc, who took 3 important wickets for the team. Starc was named Player of the Match for his brilliant performance. Mitchell Starc took three wickets in the powerplay Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat first, but it proved wrong. Mitchell Starc had dismissed Travis Head for a duck on the second ball of the first over. Then Starc sent Nitish Kumar Reddy (9) and Shahbaz Ahmed to the pavilion for golden ducks in the fifth over. Mitchell Starc broke the back of Hyderabad’s batting lineup by taking three wickets inside the powerplay, from which the opposition team could not recover. He took 3 wickets for 34 runs in his 4 over spell. We needed to take early wickets – Mitchell Starc After winning the title of Player of the Match, Mitchell Starc while talking at the post match presentation said, We know how important the powerplay is. These were the two teams who have dominated with the bat in the powerplay. We needed to take early wickets. The way Head and Abhishek have been playing throughout the tournament, they like to play with open hands. We just tried to swing the ball and not give them width. Kept the ball stump to stump and attempted a tough length. The spinners were effective and the entire bowling department was excellent. I think I was lucky (to take Head’s wicket), it was good to see him go to the pavilion early, it doesn’t always happen. We have been playing against each other. They (Arora and Harshit) are talented, they train hard. Harshit’s performance this year has been excellent. There is no doubt that he will take many wickets in the IPL and for India too.
Why did Mitchell Starc get angry over the Impact Player Rule? What kind of question was asked…
When Mitchell Starc was asked the reason behind the poor figures of the bowlers, he blamed the impact player rule. Mitchell Starc (Pic Source-X) The 51st match of IPL 2024 was played between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders on May 3 at the Wankhede Stadium. In this match, the Kolkata Knight Riders team made a good score after a bad start and then gave a tough time to the Mumbai batsmen in the bowling. KKR won against Mumbai Indians by 24 runs and are at second position in the points table after gaining 2 more points. Mitchell Starc has a big role in this victory. Starc performed brilliantly and bowled 3 overs 5 balls in which he took 4 wickets for 33 runs. But he had bowled poorly in the last few matches, so after the match, when Mitchell Starc was asked the reason for his poor bowling, his answer was worth listening to. When Starc was asked the reason behind the poor figures of the bowlers, he blamed the impact player rule. Let us tell you that the ‘Impact Player’ rule in IPL has started from 2023. This rule was brought to make cricket more exciting but now cricketers seem unhappy about it. Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, David Milner and now Mitchell Starc have spoken against it. Let’s know what Mitchell Starc said on ‘Impact Player Rule’- “The Impact Player rules are changing things up a bit in the match. Because of this rule, there has been more depth in batting and everyone is getting a chance to bat till the lower order. Because of this rule all this is happening and big scores are being made against the bowlers in the match. The nature of the pitch and the ground also have an impact on this. When you have batsmen or batting all-rounders at number eight and nine, the batting order becomes very big and the bowler does not get a chance to make a comeback.” “At the same time, in the powerplay, the batsmen have no fear because you just have to cross the boundary to score runs. And if you are out, there is a batting line behind you. There has definitely been a lot of good batting in the tournament and it is only because of this rule that the batsmen are showing different confidence. Yes, there has been some great scoring and partnerships and some good individual performances with the bat too. But the reason behind the poor statistics of the bowlers is this rule itself.”
KKR vs DC: Mitchell Starc trapped a big fish in the form of Jake Fraser-McGurk, Delhi lost 3 wickets in powerplay.
Jake Fraser-McGurk could score only 12 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. Jake Fraser-McGurk & Mitchell Starc (Photo Source: KKR vs DC: The 47th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals at Eden Gardens. DC captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and decided to bowl first, but this decision seems to be proving wrong. Because the team has lost three wickets inside the powerplay. In the very second over of the innings, Prithvi Shaw was out against Vaibhav Arora after scoring 13 runs in 7 balls. After which the responsibility of Jake Fraser-McGurk increased further. McGurk had played an explosive inning of 84 runs in 27 balls against Mumbai Indians in the last match. But today Jake’s intentions against Kolkata were dashed and he returned to the pavilion cheaply. Jake Fraser-McGurk out while attempting a big shot The third over of Delhi Capitals’ innings was bowled by Mitchell Starc. Jake Fraser-McGurk had hit a six and a four in this over. Even on the last ball, he tried to hit a big shot, but Venkatesh Iyer took a good catch in deep square leg. Against Kolkata Knight Riders, Jake Fraser-McGurk could score only 12 runs in 7 balls. Watch the video of McGurk’s dismissal here- Venkatesh Iyer plucks a fine low catch & @KKRiders get the dangerous Jake Fraser-McGurk early 😲#DC three down now inside the powerplay! Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia #TATAIPL , #KKRvDC pic.twitter.com/84HRetp0ZM — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 29, 2024
“The most expensive player cannot be the weak link of the team” – Irfan Pathan said about Mitchell Starc
Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has criticized the poor performance of IPL’s most expensive player Mitchell Starc. Mitchell Starc (Pic Source-X) In the mini auction held before IPL 2024, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 24.75 crore. With this he became the most expensive player in IPL history. Obviously, when a player is bought for so much money, the expectations from him increase a lot. However, Starc has not been able to perform as per expectations in the ongoing IPL season. Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has slammed IPL’s most expensive player Mitchell Starc for his poor performance. In the match played against Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday, Mitchell Starc could not take wickets and was also very expensive. Mitchell Starc has returned to IPL after almost 9 years. Against RR, Mitchell Starc gave away 50 runs in 4 overs and did not get any wicket. Irfan Pathan shared this post about Mitchell Starc Irfan Pathan tweeted on Twitter, “The most expensive player in the team cannot be your weak link.” Mitchell Starc Before the match against Rajasthan Royals, he had hinted at a comeback in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. He took three wickets in this match, where he took three wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. Most expensive player in your team can’t be your weak link. — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 16, 2024 Mitchell Starc gave 11 runs in the first over and 13 runs in the second over against Rajasthan Royals. He bowled both these overs in the powerplay. After this he gave eight runs in the 10th over. He gave 18 runs in the 18th over. Thanks to this over, Rajasthan was successful in making a comeback in the match. RR needed only 28 runs in the last two overs. Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty could not defend 28 runs in the last 2 overs. Rajasthan won on the last ball of the match. Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets in a thrilling match on Tuesday. At one time Kolkata team was winning the match easily but no KKR batsman could dismiss Butler.
Sunil Gavaskar bluntly on the temperament of Indian batsmen, said- Due to the risk taking mentality…
“Big shots after two-three dot balls…”, Sunil Gavaskar got angry on the mentality of Indian batsmen.
