The Iceland cricket team took a sly dig at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Mitchell Starc for his disastrous dismissal with the ball during the IPL 2024 match against RCB on Friday. After conceding 53 runs on KKR’s debut against SunRisers Hyderabad, Starc was dismissed by RCB batsmen, especially Virat Kohli. Starc has so far failed to meet his price tag of Rs 2,475 crore, making him the most expensive buyer in the history of IPL player auctions. He has conceded 100 runs in two games so far and is yet to take a wicket.

The Icelandic cricket team took to social media platform

“More expensive than beer in Iceland,” the Iceland cricket team reposted on X.

More expensive than beer in Iceland https://t.co/97ycaD58wu

— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) March 29, 2024

Returning to the match, Kohli smashed the innings for RCB with his second consecutive IPL fifty. However, KKR still managed a comfortable seven-wicket victory.

Chasing the hosts at 182-6, Kolkata reached the target with 19 balls remaining when skipper Shreyas Iyer smashed a leisurely six off Mayank Dagar.

Their chase began with Phil Salt (30) and all-rounder Sunil Narine (47) scoring 86 for the visitors

Narine hit five sixes in his 22-ball knock before Dagar dismissed him in the seventh over and Salt followed in the next over when He was caught at deep square leg.

Venkatesh Iyer scored 50 to keep the momentum going before being caught by Kohli, while Shreyas made 39.

The former RCB skipper gave a thumbs up to the jubilant home crowd by scoring 83 runs with 50 off 36 balls, and his knock made him the highest run-scorer in the tournament since the season began last week.

But in the absence of a capable partner, the game in Bengaluru turned into a one-man show.

Cameron Green, the next top scorer at 33, fell off his back pads and crashed after missing a blitzing pass from Andre Russell On the stumps, was sent back to the field.

(With AFP input)