Australia left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc has sought legal remedy to get USD 1.53 million from his insurer over an injury payout for his IPL contract after he failed to turn out for his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders in a single game last year.
According to a report in the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, Starc,who didn’t figure in any game for KKR last year after getting injured in theTest series against South Africa, has filed a lawsuit in the Victorian CountyCourt last week against the insurers of his lucrative IPL deal.
Starc was one of the most sought-after Australian players atthe 2018 IPL auction when KKR snapped him up for USD 1.8 million, a price tagwhich was bettered only by hard-hitting Chris Lynn, who went for USD 1.86million.
But Starc didn’t feature in the world’s richest T20tournament last year after suffering a calf injury in the Test series againstSouth Africa, which was marred by the infamous ball-tampering incidentinvolving Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
The report further stated that Starc took out a policy thatwould pay him USD 1.53 million benefit if he missed the IPL season because ofinjury.
Starc, who is represented by Mills Oakley lawyers, has sued a syndicate of Lloyd’s of London, the long-running insurance market where coverage can be bought for unique circumstances that traditional insurers don’t offer.