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XtraTime Web Desk: Australian left arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc has claimed an insurance payout worth $1.53 million for missing out Indian Premier League (IPL) action in 2018. Starc was supposed to play for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). As a proof of his injury which he sustained during the second test match against South Africa in Port Elizabeth, the Aussie quick has furnished video evidence.

Starc had filed a lawsuit against his insurers in April last year. The insurers, however, had disputed the timing of the injury in second Test at Port Elizabeth. According to a report in Sydney Morning Herald, a civil trial has been rescheduled to August 12 after mediation talks broke down last month when Starc’s manager Andrew Fraser provided footage from Fox Sports of the speedster bowling in the second Test.

The left-arm pacer had bagged a USD 1.8 million contract ahead of the 2018 IPL.
“The delay came after lawyers for the insurers argued they did not have enough time to assess the footage from March 10, one clip lasting one minute 37 seconds, and the second 7:25 minutes,” the newspaper report said.

However, Starc’s legal team argued that the insurers had 13 months to “review the case and seek footage.” Starc needs to prove that “he suffered a single, sudden and unexpected event which occurred at an identifiable time and place”.

Starc went on to play the third Test of the series. Both sides have filed medical reports claiming the opposite.