New Delhi. The amount Mitchell Starc will get for playing in IPL 2024 will be 123 times more than his own team member. Similarly, if Mitchell Starc and Kolkata Knight Riders’ Suyush Sharma take 20 wickets each in the tournament, we can say that one wicket of Australian pacer is worth more than one crore and one wicket of Indian spinner is worth more than one crore. lakhs of rupees. Now this difference may surprise you, but this is the truth.
Is this the first time this difference in the amount paid to two players has come to light in the IPL or has it happened before? Before knowing the answer to this question let us understand a little about IPL Auction 2024. Each player in the auction has the right to set his base price. But this base price cannot be less than 20 lakh rupees. A minimum base price of Rs 20 lakh was also fixed for uncapped players. Uncapped, i.e. players who are playing domestic cricket for India, but have not played for the national team. Player auctions start at base price. After this the bidding continues until the last bet is placed on the player.
Cummins will get 102 times more money than his partner
The bidding on Mitchell Starc ended at Rs 24.75 crore. Kolkata Knight Riders made this last bid for Starc. Kolkata Knight Riders also bought 3 players in the same auction for their base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Let us tell you that KKR is not the only team to do this. Sunrisers Hyderabad also sold Pat Cummins for Rs. 20.50 crore and the two players at their base price of Rs. 20 lakhs were also bought. That means there is a difference of more than 102 times between the two SRH players.
Dhoni got 95 times the amount
Talking about the first season of IPL i.e. 2008, the biggest bid was for Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Chennai Super Kings bought MS Dhoni for Rs 9.50 crore and made him the captain of their team. In IPL 2008, an uncapped player was getting a contract worth Rs 10 lakh. That is, even in 2008, the most expensive player received 95 times more money than the uncapped player.
Gambhir received 149 times more money
Similarly, in 2011, Kolkata Knight Riders bought Gautam Gambhir for Rs 14.90 crore. Gambhir was then the most expensive player in the IPL. Even in the year 2011, an uncapped player was getting 10 lakh rupees. It is clear that the most expensive player in IPL 2011 received 149 times more money than the uncapped player. This means that this is not the first time that the money gap between the most expensive player Mitchell Starc and an uncapped player has been this big.
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Tags: Gautam Gambhir, IPL 2024, IPL Auction, Mitchell Starc, MS Dhoni
First published: December 21, 2023, 12:09 IST