‘Yeh paise nahin, preparation k liye khel rahe hein’ – Fans react as Mitchell Starc and company registers for IPL 2024 player auction

Australia pacers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, and several others have registered for the IPL 2024 player auction. The left-arm pacer, Starc last played in the league eight years back for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Since then, he missed a few seasons due to injury and then decided not to play again to maintain his fitness.

On the other hand, the likes of Hazlewood and Cummins played their last season in recent years (2023 and 2022 respectively). Apart from this, New Zealand internationals, Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra have also registered themselves with the former played in the 2022 season for Rajasthan Royals. Among the 1,166 players, 830 are Indian players, with 336 being overseas players. The list incorporates 212 capped, 909 uncapped, and 45 Associate players.

The top English players in the list are Rehan Ahmed (Rs 50 lakh), Gus Atkinson (Rs 1 cr), Tom Banton (Rs 2 cr), Sam Billings (Rs 1 cr), Harry Brook (Rs 2 cr), Brydon Carse (Rs 50 lakh), Tom Curran (Rs 1.5 cr), Ben Duckett (Rs 2 cr), George Garton (Rs 50 lakh), Richard Gleeson (Rs 50 lakh), Samuel Hain (Rs 50 lakh), Chris Jordan (Rs 1.5 cr), Dawid Malan (Rs 1.5 cr), Tymal Mills (Rs 1.5 cr), Jamie Overton (Rs 2 cr), Ollie Pope (Rs 50 lakh), Adil Rashid (Rs 2 cr), Philip Salt (Rs 1.5 cr), George Scrimshaw (Rs 50 lakh), Olly Stone (Rs 75 lakh), David Willey (Rs 2 cr), Chris Woakes (Rs 2 cr), Luke Wood (Rs 50 lakh) and Mark Adair (Rs 50 lakh).