IPL 2024 Auction: “Not Thinking Of Beer…” – Wife And Australia Captain Alyssa Healy On Mitchell Starc’s Rs 24.75 Crore Windfall | Cricket News

Australia Women’s crew captain Alyssa Healy on Wednesday mentioned that her husband and quick bowler Mitchell Starc deserved the record-breaking IPL paycheck as he has labored laborious for a few years. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spent a mind-boggling Rs 24.75 crores to get the providers of Australia fast Starc for the best buy in IPL historical past within the public sale in Dubai on Tuesday. “Look, it is what it is,” Healy, who bought married to Starc in April 2016, informed the media forward of Australia’s one-off ladies’s Test in opposition to India beginning on Thursday. “It is an amazing moment for Mitch. It is a great justification for the hard work he has put in and (for) probably some of the choices he has made over the last eight years to put his country first,” she mentioned.

Soon after Starc made historical past, a video displaying Healy having fun with a beer and expressing her astonishment with facial expressions did the rounds in social media platforms, one thing the Australia Women’s skipper rubbished.

“I was actually in the gym, not thinking of beers, working hard (and) watching it all unfold. (It was an) amazing day for him and Pat (Cummins),” she mentioned.

The bidding struggle for Starc was, nevertheless, began by Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals however each the groups backed off when the value for the lanky pacer was inching near the Rs 10 crore mark.

Healy and Starc met after they have been nine-years-old and have been beginning off as wicketkeepers. While Starc went on to turn into Australia’s tempo spearhead, Healy established herself as a significant cog within the world-dominating Australian Women’s crew throughout codecs.

Healy was just lately named as Australia Women’s Test captain and can start her management tenure with the one-off Test in opposition to India.