Mitchell Starc has edged his opening-weekend Indian Premier League duel with Pat Cummins in Kolkata - but only after the humbling feeling of being smashed for 26 runs in a single over.
A thrilling contest ended with Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Cummins having to hit Harshit Rana's last delivery of the match for six to win but the Aussie skipper could only swing and miss, leaving Starc's Kolkata Knight Riders to squeeze to a four-run victory.
Er, not that Starc, the most expensive foreign import the league has ever entertained after KKR bought him for a mind-boggling $4.43 million, quite looked as if he was worth all the mega-money on Saturday.
