KKR vs PBKS Live Score, IPL 2024: Mitchell Starc in focus as Kolkata Knight Riders take on Punjab Kings

KKR vs PBKS IPL 2024 Live Score: Get Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) Live Score Updates from Eden Gardens Kolkata

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings IPL 2024 Live Score: All eyes be on Mitchell Starc when Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens on Friday. Starc, who had attracted a record bid at the auction but did not have the kind of return to the league after eight years he would have hoped as he has leaked plenty of runs this season and has managed just six wickets. The left-arm quick also reportedly sustained a finger injury on his bowling hand during their match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Starc, whose underwhelming performance (6 wickets at ER 11.48) is the worst among the specialist bowler. At an all-time high price tag of Rs 24.75 crore, Starc must be feeling the heat but to be fair to him, some of the tracks, including the one at the Eden Gardens have been perfect belters where length balls are soaring into the stands.

Is the absence of the slower ball robbing Mitchell Starc off another dimension and making him predictable?

A lack of a well-crafted slower-ball has compounded Starc’s struggles, rendering him one-dimensional, neutering his death-over prowess. (BCCI)

Mitchell Starc is an irresistible concoction of gifts–the in-swinging yorker, the head-winking bouncer, the untameable hard length balls, pace and control, strength and stamina; in short everything a fast bowler would crave for, enough to coax ₹24.75 crore from KKR’s pockets–except that he doesn’t possess a high-definition slower ball. (Read More)