What will be Marcus Stoinis’s IPL 2024 salary?

With the bat, Marcus Stoinis has been playing well in the current IPL 2024 season. Throughout the course of eight games, the star all-arounder has amassed 254 runs at a batting average of 42.33 and a batting strike rate of 159.75, with two hundred and fifty for LSG. He has shown usefulness even with the ball. With a best-match figure of 1/7, the 34-year-old has now collected 2 wickets. He is also a superb fielder. He is among the league’s top foreign players right now.

Throughout the league’s existence, he has amassed 1732 runs at a batting average of 28.87 and a hitting strike percentage of 143.14, which includes 108 fifty-score runs. He has taken four wickets in his four-wicket haul while bowling, with an average of 29.83 and a strike rate of 18.71 with the ball. The famous cricket player has been making headlines since he defeated CSK in their backyard with an incredible century. It was the first home defeat for CSK in 2024.

Chasing a massive total of 211 runs, the right-handed batsman slammed an undefeated 124 (63). In the second IPL innings, it was the greatest score ever by a hitter. His knock was excellent because there wasn’t much resistance from the opposite side. On the other end, Devdutt Padikkal and KL Rahul had difficulty initiating. Still, Stoinis’s relentless scoring of boundaries kept his team in the game. He eventually won the match for his team.

Marcus Stoinis: An adventure through the ups and downs of the IPL

An Australian all-rounder is Marcus Stoinis. The 34-year-old powerful cricket player was born in Perth, Australia, on August 16, 1989. In both domestic cricket and the BBL, he presently has contracts with teams like Western Australia and Melbourne Stars. In 2016, the famous athlete participated in his first-ever IPL auction. Because of his abilities, he has been in high demand throughout the last five or six IPL seasons.

At a cost of INR 55 lakhs, PBKS selected him. In the forthcoming season, the all-rounder was paid the same to play for PBKS. He was cut from the team in 2018 and was then selected again by PBKS at auction for INR 6.2 crores, a massive 102.7% rise in price. 2019 saw him released by PBKS due to unsatisfactory performances. RCB selected the Australian in a trade with PBKS.

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In 2020, the RCB released him. Marcus was purchased in the auction by Delhi Capitals for INR 4.8 crores, a 23% decrease in price. Prior to being released for the massive auction, he performed for DC in 2021. Stoinis has played with LSG for the past three seasons. For INR 9.2 crore, LSG purchased Marcus at the IPL 2022 auction. The next season, he performed for the same fee. The salary he receives in the 2024 Indian Premier League remains unchanged.