Cricket - High-priced Cummins, Starc face off as IPL enters playoffs


Sunrisers Hyderabad team members gestures towards the crowd after their team won the match against Punjab Kings in Indian Premier League cricket tournament in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, May19, 2024. - AP

AHMEDABAD, India (AFP): The two highest-priced players in the IPL -- Australia teammates Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc -- will go head-to-head Tuesday for a place in the final as the cash-rich Twenty20 league enters the playoffs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Cummins cost US$2.5 million at auction, a record which stood briefly until Kolkata Knight Riders then paid US$2.98 million for fast bowler Starc.

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