David Warner hints at SRH acquiring Mitchell Starc in the Indian Premier League

David Warner hints at SRH acquiring Mitchell Starc: Hyderabad’s opening batsman hinted at the acquisition on social media platform Instagram.

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc had last played in the Indian Premier League in 2015. Representing Royal Challengers Bangalore, Starc had played two consecutive seasons of the tournament.

In 27 T20s across two seasons, Starc dismissed 34 batsmen at an average of 20.38, an economy rate of 7.16 and a strike rate of 17.05.

Given his skills, the left-arm fast bowler was and is till date a sought-after name in the T20 format. Having said that, injuries have meant of the otherwise as far as Starc playing the IPL.

The difference in Mitchell Starc’s line and length from last summer to this summer is huge.@copes9 takes us through it #AUSvNZ pic.twitter.com/0VskjGlbam

— #7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 15, 2019

While he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for a whopping INR 9.4 crore in IPL 2018, it was another injury which made him miss the entire season.

David Warner hints at SRH acquiring Mitchell Starc

Going by a recent Instagram story of Australia and SunRisers Hyderabad opening batsman David Warner, SunRisers might be considering to buy Starc.

The image shared by Warner sees himself, Starc and SunRisers captain Kane Williamson talking to each other. “Welcome to the Sunrisers Hyderabad,” read the caption of the Instagram story.

It is worth mentioning that Starc had opted out of IPL 2020 even before the shortlisted names for the auction were announced. Therefore, SRH won’t have the option of buying him this year. However, they might target him during the mega auction slated to be held next year.

Starc, who bowled Australia to victory in the first Test of the ongoing New Zealand’s tour of Australia in Perth yesterday, took part in the recently concluded T20I series against Australia and Sri Lanka at home.

In five T20Is, the 29-year old fast bowler picked eight wickets at an average of 15.75, an economy rate of 6.63 and a strike rate of 14.2.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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