Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has pulled out of this year's Indian Premier League season and ended his association with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The development comes on the eve of the IPL-10 auction, to be held on Monday in Bangalore.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore and fast bowler Mitchell Starc have mutually decided to discontinue their association ahead of the upcoming season of Indian Premier League 2017 in accordance with Regulation 41 of the IPL Player Regulations. The Bangalore franchise will go into tomorrow’s (Monday) IPL Player Auction 2017 with an additional purse of INR 5 Crore and an additional slot for an overseas player.BCCI’s Release
RCB now have Rs 17.825 crore (USD 2,660,447 approximately) to spend at the auction.
The left-arm pace bowler was a part of the RCB franchise since 2014 but played only two tournaments for them. He missed the entire 2016 season because he was recovering from a foot fracture.
In 2014, he took 14 wickets at an average of 28.71, with an economy rate of 7.49, and in 2015 he claimed 20 wickets at an average of 14.55 with an economy rate of 6.76.
Starc is presently in India with the touring Australian Test team for the four-match series, which begins on 23 February at Pune.
(With inputs from PTI)
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