Australia’s Mitchell Starc managed to pick up three wickets in the first innings of the World Cup finals between India vs Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In doing so he also managed to finish as the third-highest wicket-taker in the history of the tournament as well with a tally of 65 wickets.
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Starc made his debut in the tournament in only the 2015 edition which was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand and managed to finish as the highest wicket-taker with a tally of 22 wickets in eight innings. Australia managed to go on and win the title as well.
He also managed to repeat the feat in the 2019 edition which was hosted by England and Wales. He got a total of 27 wickets in 10 innings improving on his tally in the previous edition. However, Australia were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual champions England.
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Starc had a poor outing in the 2023 edition when compared to his previous two campaigns where he finished the World Cup with a tally of 16 wickets in 10 innings.
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The left-arm pacer managed to give Australia a good start into the innings picking up the wicket of Shubman Gill early on. He also got the wicket of KL Rahul who scored 66 and was in good touch at the latter stages of the first innings.
Assuming he does not take place in a World Cup fixture in the future, Starc now stands as the second most successful bowler for Australia behind the legendary Glenn McGrath who has finished with a total of 71 wickets.
Starc has already won the 2015 World Cup in a thriller of a final and will hope that the Aussies can cause a shock upset by defeating India in the World Cup finals at Ahmedabad.
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