Archer had shown glimpses of the player he could and was going to be in the future in the Big Bash League, enough to persuade RR to pay Rs 7.2 INR at the players’ auctions – almost 36 times his bade price. But his knee problems returned right before IPL 11 and Archer had to miss the first few games. It was on this day, Archer made his RR & IPL debut.