Australia pacer Mitchell Starc has said that he was just a “click of the button away” from enrolling for the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. The mega auction is set to held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.
Starc skipped the fourth year in a row to spend time with his family and keep himself fresh for Australia’s gruelling sub-continental schedule this year.
A total of 47 Australians have enrolled for the IPL auction, but Starc, who was in great form with the ball and the bat during the recently-concluded Ashes series, has opted out of the mega auction.
Australians in the 2022 IPL auction:
Base price of Rs 200 lakh (approx. A377,000 dollars):
Pat Cummins, David Warner, Steve Smith, Mitch Marsh, Matthew Wade, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ashton Agar.
Base price of Rs 150 lakh (approx. A283,000 dollars)
Aaron Finch, Chris Lynn, Usman Khawaja, Kane Richardson
Base price of Rs 100 lakh (approx. A189,000 dollars)
Marnus Labuschagne, Daniel Sams, Andrew Tye, Moises Henriques, Riley Meredith, James Faulkner, D’Arcy Short, Josh Philippe
Base price of Rs 75 lakh (approx. A142,000)
Nathan Ellis, Jason Behrendorff, Sean Abbott, Billy Stanlake, Ben Cutting.
Base price of Rs 50 lakh (approx. A94,000)
Ben McDermott, Kurtis Patterson, Wes Agar, Jack Wildermuth, Joel Paris, Hilton Cartwright.
Base price of Rs 40 lakh (approx. A75,000)
Tim David, Chris Green.
Base price of Rs 30 lakh (approx. A57,000)
Ben Dwarshuis, Matt Kelly.
Base price of Rs 20 lakh (approx. A38,000)
Hayden Kerr, Tanveer Sangha, Alex Ross, Jake Weatherald, Nathan McAndrew, Tom Rogers, Liam Guthrie, Liam Hatcher, Jason Sangha, Matt Short, Aidan Cahill.
“I was a click of the button away from entering the auction but personally didn’t want to spend 22 more weeks in a bubble,” the 32-year-old left-hand quick has reportedly told Fox Cricket in an interview which will be telecast over the weekend, reported cricket.com.au.
