Who is Jake Fraser McGurk and how much salary does he get to play for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024?

IPL 2024: Very few people knew Jake Fraser McGurk before IPL 2024. But now this 22 year old Australian batsman has left his mark on the whole world with his powerful batting. McGurk has scored 247 runs in 5 matches so far in IPL 2024. McGurk made his IPL debut this season in the match against Lucknow Super Giants, in which he created a stir in the cricket world by playing a blazing inning of 55 runs.

Who is Jake Fraser McGurk?

Jake Fraser is an Australian cricketer, who was born on 11 April 2002 in Melbourne, Australia. McGurk attended Cary Baptist Grammar School. He is known for his aggressive and stormy innings. While playing for South Australia in Australian Domestic Cricket in 2023, he scored a century in 29 balls in the match against Tasmania. Therefore, he is the player to score the fastest century in any format of cricket.

McGurk has scored 550 runs in his first-class career while playing 16 matches. In his List-1 career, he has 525 runs in 21 matches. Apart from this, this Australian stormy batsman has also scored 808 runs by playing 41 T20 matches. He made his debut for the Australian team in February 2024, where he was seen playing an ODI match against West Indies. So far, in the 2 ODI matches played for Australia, he has scored 51 runs at a strike rate of 221.73.

What is the IPL salary?

Recall that even before the start of IPL 2024, South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi was out of the season due to injury. Delhi had added Jake Fraser McGurk to its squad as a replacement for Ngidi. DC has included McGurk in their base price, so he gets Rs 20 lakh for a season. It would not be wrong to say that McGurk is doing work worth crores for Delhi Capitals with very little money.

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