Mitchell starc (Australia) Base price of Rs 2 crore sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 24.75 crore to become the costliest player in IPL history.
Personal information
Full Name Mitchell Aaron Starc
Born 30 January 1990(Age 33)
Birth Place Baukham Hills, New south Wales, Australia
Nick Name Mitch
Height 1.97 m(6 ft 6 inch
Batting Left – handed
Bowling Left- arm fast
Role Bowler
Family Alyssa Healy (Wife),Brandon(Brother)
| International Information | ||
| National side Australia(2010-Present) | ||
| Test Debut 1 December 2011 Vs NZ | ||
| Last Test 28 July 2023 Vs England | ||
| ODI Debut 20 October 2010 Vs India | ||
| T20 Debut 7 September | 7 Sep 2012 Vs Pakistan | |
| Last T20I 31 Oct 2022 Vs Ireland | ||
| T20I Shirt no. 56 | ||
| Career statistics | ||
| Competition | Test ODI T20 FC | |
| Matches | 82 121 58 133 | |
| Run scored | 1980 571 94 2852 | |
| Batting average | 21.52 12.41 9.40 22.28 | |
| 100s/50s | 0/10 0/1 0/0 0/13 | |
| Wickets | 338 236 73 509 | |
| 5 WKTS in Innings | 14 9 0 21 | |
| 10 WKTS in match | 2 4 | |
| Best bowling | 6/50 6/28 4/20 8/73 |
Mitchell starc of Australia has made new record in IPL history of highest costly player. Kolkata Knight Riders Pay 24.75 crore for him.Starc began playing international cricket in 2010.After won the 2015 cricket world cup he came to attention to worldwide.He was declared Player of the tournament.He was also member of team that won 2023 ICC cricket world cup.In 2019 world cup he has taken 27 wickets which is all time record for the highest wickets taken in a single tournament.He become the leading wicket-taker in successive cricket world cup tournaments.As he achieved this feat in 2015 as well.As in November 2023 he is the 3rd highest wicket taker of all time in ICC cricket world cups.He is fastest bowler to achieve 150 and 200 wickets in ODI history in 77 and 102 matches respectively.He is also fastest bowler in cricket world cup to reach 50 Wickets in 19 WC games.He was also member of Australian team who won ICC T20 world cup 2021.