The left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc bowled a brilliant spell during the second ODI between India and Australia at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, March 19. Mitchell Starc troubled India batters and picked up his ninth five-wicket haul in the 50-over format to restrict the opposition to a low score in the second ODI of the three-match series.
The 33-year-old gave Australia a brilliant start by dismissing Shubman Gill in the first over of India’s innings after opting to bowl first. Starc struck twice in the fifth over of the first innings, dismissing Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav. Starc dismissed in-form batter KL Rahul for just 9 runs. He was unplayable in his first spell and picked up four wickets in six overs.
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Starc rattled Mohammed Siraj’s stumps to complete his ninth five-wicket haul. He had the third-highest wicket haul in the 50-over format, behind Waqar Younis (13) and Muttiah Muralitharan (10). The visitors bowled out the Men in Blue for just 117 runs inside 26 overs. Virat Kohli was the top scorer in the hosts batting lineup with 31 runs off 35 balls, including four fours.
Earlier, the visitors made two changes to their lineup from the previous game, with Alex Carey and Nathan Ellis replacing Josh Inglis and Glenn Maxwell. The hosts also made two changes to the playing XI. Rohit Sharma, who missed the first ODI due to family commitments, replaced Ishan Kishan, while Shardul Thakur was replaced by spin-bowling all-rounder Axar Patel.
Teams Playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami
Australia: Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey(w), Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
Twitter Reacts After Mitchell Starc’s Five-Wicket Haul
Mitchell Starc when an ICC event is near pic.twitter.com/MzaZxeHNcP
— Ankit Pathak 🇮🇳 (@ankit_acerbic) March 19, 2023
Mitchell Starc. 2015. 2019. 2023. pic.twitter.com/SrGOh4vDdd
— Jay. (@peak_Ability14) March 19, 2023
Mitchell Starc masterclass against India – 5/53 in 8 overs. Did the damage with the new ball and put India on the backfoot. His 9th five wicket haul in ODIs.
Vintage Mitchell Starc! pic.twitter.com/UVyNTE46mE
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 19, 2023
9th five-wicket haul for Mitchell Starc from just 109 matches in ODI.
A Great in white ball format. pic.twitter.com/LgaWDNBP5p
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 19, 2023
Beast of ODI Cricket – Mitchell Starc 🔥 pic.twitter.com/hsJVTl2jb1
— Lokesh Saini (@LokeshVirat18K) March 19, 2023
Mitchell Starc in first 5 overs in powerplay in this ODI series against India:
•3-0-8-2 (Kohli & Surya).
•3-1-18-3 (Gill, Rohit & Surya).Outstanding bowling by Mitchell Starc, what a bowler! pic.twitter.com/1pRiDbYhbY
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) March 19, 2023
Mitchell Starc skips IPL every year & drops all-timer campaigns for his country in world cup. The biggest alpha amongst bowlers.
— Jay. (@peak_Ability14) March 19, 2023
Mitchell Starc in ODI Cricket:
•Matches – 109
•Innings – 109
•Wickets – 219
•Average – 21.79
•Economy – 5.10
•Strike rate – 25.64
•5-wickets – 9
•4-wickets – 12One of the greatest ever in ODI Cricket! pic.twitter.com/bBFvXzGABb
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) March 19, 2023
A World Cup year and Mitchell Starc picking up his form – quite alarming for other teams.
The beast is back to his best!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 19, 2023
Mitchell Starc in this kind of form in a World cup year…
— Prithvi (@Puneite_) March 19, 2023
India 117 all out in the 2nd ODI.
Mitchell Starc is the star with the five-wicket haul.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 19, 2023
Mitchell Starc is just warming up for ODI World Cup.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) March 19, 2023
4 wickets against India in Powerplay
(Since 2000)Shane Bond (2005)
Mitchell Johnson (2006)
Junaid Khan (2012)
Mitchell Starc (Today)*#INDvsAUS— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) March 19, 2023
Steve Smith captaining Aussie side, Mitchell Starc toying with batsmen !!#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/PCUXMrfvmE
— THE HARDY (@Hardy_Offl) March 19, 2023
Most ODI wickets after 109 matches in career:
219: Mitchell Starc204: Saqlain Mushtaq
194: Brett Lee
185: Alan Donald
181: Morne Morkel, Waqar Younis
179: Saeed Ajmal
176: Shoaib Akhtar
175: Lasith Malinga
174: Darren Gough
171: Shane Warne
170: Mitchell Johnson
169: Dale Steyn— Lalith Kalidas (@lal__kal) March 19, 2023
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