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

Australia Women’s group captain Alyssa Healy on Wednesday mentioned that her husband and quick bowler Mitchell Starc deserved the document-breaking IPL paycheck as he has labored onerous for a few years. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spent a thoughts-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 obtained married to Starc in April 2016, informed the media forward of Australia’s one-off girls’s Test towards 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 battle 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 had been 9-years-previous and had been beginning off as wicketkeepers. While Starc went on to turn out to be Australia’s tempo spearhead, Healy established herself as an important cog on this planet-dominating Australian Women’s group throughout codecs.

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