Australia’s Starc, Cummins become most expensive signings in IPL history

The Australian cricketers landed record deals in auction, surpassing England’s Sam Curran’s record signing in 2022.

Australia’s Mitchell Starc became the most expensive signing in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), topping the record figure paid for teammate Pat Cummins at the competition’s auction a few hours earlier.

Starc, a left-arm pacer who was last in the IPL eight years ago, was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for $2.98m on Tuesday.

“We won, Mr Starc!” the franchise posted on X.

That beat the fee paid by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Cummins, who went for $2.46m.

Before this auction, the record signing was England bowler Sam Curran after he joined Punjab Kings for $2.23m last year.