Melbourne: Australia’s Speedster Mitchell Starc has reportedly decided to return to India for the rest of the IPL, hitting his Delhi Capitals’ prospects for the playoffs.
According to the Associated Press in Australia, Starc told the franchise that he would not rejoin the team within a week after he competed in Dharamsala, after being cancelled after air alerts in nearby areas due to safety reasons.
The alliance was suspended due to a military showdown between India and Pakistan, only the BCCI announced the recovery of the incident from May 17 after the ceasefire.
Starc is an integral part of the Delhi capital setup, and is the highest ticket inspector to date this season with 14 scalps in 11 games in 26.14, and his absence will surely be in their upcoming game as they seek to make the playoffs.
Starc’s wife and Australian women’s captain Alyssa Healy recently shared a fascinating account of a “completely crazy” night when she was recently called the IPL match between the King of Punjab and the Delhi capital midway in Dharamsala.
“Several lighthouses went out and we were waiting there. I heard rumors that we might have to evacuate the stadium because the lights were down.”
“And we were a large group of families and extra support staff. The next minute, the kind of quarrel with the people of us, let’s get on the bus and his face was white.
She added: “He thought, we need to go now. What we said was, ‘Oh, that’s OK’. Just like we’d better keep everyone else out of the stadium. We might be safer right now. Because there are people going down stairs everywhere now.”
Floodlight failure is considered the initial reason for the game’s pause. Healy was in the stands with the families of the other players.
There is still awaiting confirmation on whether Faf du Plessis will return to DC, while Tristan Stubbs said he is rejoining the team, but only for the rest of the league phase, after which he will be in the World Test Championship (WTC) finals.
DC has signed Mustafizur Rahman to replace Jake Fraser-McGurk, who has not returned to India, and although there are still questions about the participation of the left military personnel in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), he said it is not close to the unseeing certificate without reflection.
