{"id":457375,"date":"2024-05-26T16:19:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T16:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/26\/everyone-called-him-a-mad-man-but-internet-bows-down-to-gautam-gambhir-for-picking-ipls-biggest-buy-ever-mitchell-starc-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T16:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T16:19:53","slug":"everyone-called-him-a-mad-man-but-internet-bows-down-to-gautam-gambhir-for-picking-ipls-biggest-buy-ever-mitchell-starc-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/26\/everyone-called-him-a-mad-man-but-internet-bows-down-to-gautam-gambhir-for-picking-ipls-biggest-buy-ever-mitchell-starc-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Everyone called him a mad man but&#8230;&#8217;: Internet bows down to Gautam Gambhir for picking IPL&#8217;s biggest buy ever Mitchell Starc | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-110443569,imgsize-50250.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: When Kolkata Knight Riders <!-- -->mentor Gautam Gambhir<!-- --> bought Australian left-arm speedster <!-- -->Mitchell Starc<!-- --> for a record-shattering sum of Rs 24.75 crore in the December auction last year, fans and even pundits were absolutely stunned.<br \/>And after a jittery start to the season, where Starc was taken to the cleaners in almost every league game, trolling and memes followed Gambhir and KKR alongside Starc.<br \/>But as the tournament progressed the 34-year-old regained his lost rhythm and in the playoffs produced a couple of sensational performances, shutting down every critique.<br \/>After flooring <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/sun-risers-hyderabad\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sunrisers Hyderabad<\/a> in Qualifier 1, Starc once again roared with a mind-boggling performance against the same opposition in the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL Final<\/a> on Sunday.<br \/>And with pacer having a memorable night in the final, mentor Gambhir too was hailed by everyone for his belief in Starc.<br \/>What started as a tease and fun turned into appreciation and respect as Gambhir was lauded for his choice during the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL<\/a> auction.<\/p>\n<p>In the final on Sunday, left-arm quick Starc returned figures of 2 for 14 while fellow quicks Andre Russell and Harshit Rana shared five wickets between them to dismiss the Sunrisers for a lowly 113 in 18.3 overs at Chennai&#8217;s MA Chidambaram Stadium.<br \/>It was the lowest total in an IPL final after Chennai Super Kings&#8217; previous low of 125-9 in their loss to Mumbai Indians in 2013.<br \/>KKR, then hunted down the total inside 11 overs to clinch their third IPL title, beating SRH by eight wickets in Chennai.<br \/>Venkatesh Iyer remained not out on 52 off 26 balls, taking his side across the finish line. <br \/>Starc, Andre Russell (3\/19) and Harshit Rana (2\/24) were the most successful bowlers for the Knight Riders, as SRH simply failed to turn up for the big game.<br \/>Opting to bat first, SRH were off to a disastrous start as they lost their top guns Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head with just six runs on the board, with the latter getting dismissed for a first-ball duck to a beautiful outswinger.<br \/>Before that, Abhishek was bowled by Mitchell Starc on the fifth ball of the first over, a peach of a delivery opening up the left-hander before hitting the top of the off stump.<br \/>SRH were in all sorts of trouble as Starc accounted for the wicket of Rahul Tripathi to leave them reeling at 21\/3 in the fifth over, the swing doing the trick for KKR bowlers early on.<br \/>First-change bowler Harshit Rana continued the good work and got rid of Nitish Reddy (13). Andre Russell dismissed Aiden Markram in his first over as SRH slipped to 62\/5 in the 11th over.<br \/>SRH could not recover from there.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Brief scores:<\/span><br \/>Sunrisers Hyderabad: 113 all out in 18.3 overs (Pat Cummins 24; Mitchell Starc 2\/14, Andre Russell 3\/19, Harshit Rana 2\/24).<br \/>Kolkata Knight Riders: 114 for 2 in 10.3 overs (Venkatesh Iyer 52 not out).<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s 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