IPL: Cricketer Mitchell Starc sues insurers for whopping $1.53 mn payout

IPL 2019: Australian pacer Mitchell Starc who has had a love-hate relationship with the Indian Premier League, missing a number of seasons due to injuries despite being in high demand at every auction, has filed a lawsuit against the insurers of his IPL deal to get 1.53 million dollars paid out after he suffered an injury in the Test series against South Africa last year and did not feature in a single match for Kolkata Knight Riders. According to a report by The Sydney Morning Herald, the fast-bowler has filed a lawsuit in the Victorian County Court last week.

Starc, represented by Mills Oakley Lawyers, is suing a syndicate of Lloyd's of London. This insurance market provides coverage for unique circumstances that traditional insurers don't insure against. The writ states Starc paid a premium of 97,920 dollars to be covered between February 27 and March 31 in 2018, when the tournament ended.

"While bowling on uneven footmarks on a worn wicket, the plaintiff suffered a sudden onset of pain in his right calf. The pain worsened over the next few bowling sessions and during the next Test match. Ultimately, the injury resulted in the plaintiff missing the final Test match of the tour and him being listed by the Australian Cricketers Association and Cricket Australia as injured by reason of tibial bone stress. The injury that the plaintiff suffered was a grade three tibial injury which involved a fracture in his right tibial bone," the writ said. 

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It added that the parties have exchanged correspondence about the plaintiff's claim which culminated in a final response from the defendant's representative in the form of an email sent on 22 November 2018. The report quoted writ stating that the email confirmed the defendant's contention that the plaintiff is not entitled to the total disablement benefit.

In 2018, Starc had missed the tournament for the third time due to an injury. He was eventually released by KKR and did not take part in 2019 IPl auction. Starc has played 27 IPL matches in all, with 34 wickets to his name