Australian speedster Mitchell Starc, the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), arrived in India before the upcoming IPL 2024, starting on March 22.

Notably, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had secured the services of Starc for a whopping INR 24.75 crore at the IPL mini-auction in December 2023, making him the costliest player in league history. KKR will start their IPL 2024 campaign against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on March 23 at Eden Gardens.

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Meanwhile, KKR took to their social media handles on March 17 to confirm that their most expensive player, Starc, arrived in Kolkata for the upcoming IPL 2024. The franchise shared a series of pictures of the Australian fast bowler on its social media handles, where he looks very happy.

In the pictures shared by KKR on X, Starc appeared to get a grand welcome at the team hotel. He can be seen smiling as he gave a broad smile to the camera upon joining the camp. The pictures showed how excited the Australian fast bowler is to return to the IPL after nine years.

Have a look here –

Here's KKR's full squad for IPL 2024:

Shreyas Iyer (captain), Mitchell Starc, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Phil Salt, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Harshit Rana, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, Chetan Sakariya, Suyyash Sharma, Varun Chakraborty, Saqib Hussain.