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For New Zealand, the ICC Men’s World Cup was going smoothly until India defeated the Kiwis at HPCA Dharmshala Stadium on October 22, 2023. There was a time when Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra were glued together on the pitch and helped New Zealand score 273 runs target.
After the 2023 ICC World Cup trophy was snitched by Australia in the final knockout against India, the most tempting cricket league IPL 2024 is waiting in line.
BCCI announced the IPL 2024 Auction date and time. In 2024 IPL Mini Auction 2024 is scheduled for 19 December 2023 at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. Unsurprisingly, Daryl Mitchell will be the top choice for IPL franchises in the IPL 2024.
Daryl Mitchell is the no. 4 right-armed batting all-rounder of New Zealand. In the 2023 World Cup, Daryl Mitchell is the top 5 most runs scorer following another team member Rachin Ravindra.
In the 2023 ODI World Cup, Daryl Mitchell scored 9 innings and scored 552 runs with an average rate of 69.00 and a strike rate of 111.06 including 2 centuries and two half-centuries. Mitchell’s high score was 134 runs off 119 balls against India in the semifinal match on November 15th, 2023 at Wankhde Stadium in Mumbai.
Daryl played a few matches with Rajasthan Royals in 2022 IPL season and was released after the season. In IPL 2024 there are few teams that will certainly eye on this Black-Capped player.
3 IPL Team can Target Daryl Mitchel in IPL 2024 Auction
Let’s have a look at the top three IPL teams that will target Daryl Mitchell in the IPL 2024 Mini Auction.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Another possible contender is Shahrukh Khan’s team KKR, as their overseas backups aren’t coming out as good as they thought. With Daryl Mitchel, they can have a quite strong backup for both batting and bowling as well. Mitchell is a batting all-rounder and while he is comfortable in the long formats also has good numbers in the T20 formats. In T20 formats Mitchell scored 1069 runs in 56 matches with a 137.22 strike rate and a high score of 72*.
Chennai Super Kings
The Chennai Super Kings‘ best batter, Ben Stokes has announced that he will be no longer a part of IPL 2024. Be Stokes pulled himself out due to a knee injury and he wants to prepare himself for the upcoming India vs England 5-test match series.
Now to fulfill the Ben Stokes place, CSK definitely targets one of the top scorers in the ICC World Cup 2023 Daryl Mitchell.
Gujrat Titans
The 2022 IPL trophy Champion, Gujrat Titans is popular for collecting all the gems for the squad. Skipper Hardik Pandya has been doing a great job in leading the team in IPL. Where Gujrat Titans have some great Indian capped and uncapped players, their overseas players are in question.
They went for Kane Williamson in the 2023 IPL season but his injury ruled him out for the season. Also, Sri Lanka’s Dasun Shanka also failed to reach the the mark. Sure Gujrat Titans need a strong batter like Daryl Mitchell in the upcoming IPL 2024 season.
So these are our top three IPL teams who will go for Daryl Mitchell in the upcoming IPL Mini Auction 2024.
