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.