Mitchell Starc would take away a million dollars in IPL Auction: Aakash Chopra

Mitchell Starc. (Photo Source: Twitter/ICC)

Hosting JioCinema’s daily sports show ‘#AAKASHVANI,’ Aakash Chopra discussed the possibility of Mitchell Starc being the most expensive pick at the Tata IPL Auction on December 19, albeit amid one concerning factor .“Mitchell Starc would take away a million dollars. Almost everyone who plays in Australia have registered for the Tata IPL auctions. But the most popular of them is undoubtedly Starc. He is a gun bowler with the new ball, picks up early wickets, and bowls yorkers as well. Starc is also a good death bowler and has impressive IPL numbers, as well. He did well playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the past. However, since then, the number of times he has backed out from playing in the league is definitely a concerning factor.”

Chopra added, “After a team buys him, if he backs out at the last moment in order to focus on the Ashes or any personal reason, then the team is in a spot of bother. They will have the money released but key players will not be there. Even in this auction, apart from Starc, there will be other key bowlers like Gerald Coetzee, Josh Hazlewood, Dilshan Madushanka, Ben Dwarshuis, and more. But, if you buy Starc and he backs out later, then you cannot go back to these names as well as they won’t be available anymore. I won’t be surprised if Starc goes for a huge sum of money but I will be a little skeptical, what if he backs out.”

IPL Auction is all set to take place on December 19 in Dubai and BCCI has already released the set of players ready to go under the hammer in the mega event. Teams have already put their list out for the released and retained players ahead of the event and it remains to be seen how teams will bolster their unit in the auction.