3 Teams that can bid for Mitchell Starc in IPL 2021 Auction
Mitchell Starc hasn’t played in the IPL since 2015 after he made his debut for RCB in 2014.
A plethora of household names will be up for grabs in the mini-auction for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). One name that stands out among the lot is of Australia’s pace sensation Mitchell Starc. It is a popular belief that a number of franchises will go behind the speed merchant and he can become the most expensive buy in the history of the league.
However, it all depends on whether Mitchell Starc makes himself available for the Indian league or not. The Australian speedster hasn’t played in the IPL since 2015 after he made his debut for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2014. In 2018, he was picked to play for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) but was ruled out due to an injury.
Starc had then made himself unavailable for IPL 2020 to prepare for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020, which was postponed to October 2021 in India owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, despite not playing IPL for many seasons, the pacer has made a case for himself in IPL 2021 with his exemplary performance in the limited-overs for Australia National team.
3 Teams that can bid for Mitchell Starc in IPL 2021 Auction
1. Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) boasts of having legends like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Yuzvendra Chahal in their squad yet they have failed to win their maiden IPL trophy. One of the main reasons behind this is their death bowling. There have been many occasions when despite putting up massive totals of 200+ on the board, Bangalore lost the game as the bowlers failed to defend the target.
In addition, ahead of IPL 2021, the Bangalore outfit released their pacers including Chris Morris and Umesh Yadav while Dale Steyn had made himself unavailable for this season. This leaves Virat Kohli with just three main pacers Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini and Kane Richardson.
Thus, the management will be hoping to rope Mitchell Starc in the squad to fill the holes in their ship and complete their dream of lifting their maiden IPL trophy. Also, Starc has a long association with RCB as he had made his IPL debut sporting Red and Gold jersey only.
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