Visakhapatnam: Mitchell StarcThe man, who laid the foundation for Australia’s impressive 10-wicket win against India at the Dr YSR ACA-VDCA Stadium on Sunday, said the strategy has been to get wickets in the powerplay and it worked well for him here. ,
He said, ‘This is not a new game plan, I have always tried to take wickets in the powerplay and today we were able to take six wickets in the powerplay. Taking wickets in the Powerplay is the way forward in one-day cricket as we can control the game from then on. That’s what we did today and things went well.
Was it beneficial for him to bowl to right-handed batsmen? “It doesn’t work that way and especially not for me. I just like to bowl fast and keep the ball up and let it swing so it doesn’t matter if the batsman is right handed or left handed. Hand’s
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Five-star Starc helps Australia down India, level series
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Mitchell Starc tore apart India’s lineup with a five-wicket haul as Australia registered a convincing 10-wicket win against India in the second ODI.
With this win, Australia have leveled their three-match series at 1-1.
Chasing 118 for victory, Australia won in just 11 overs to set up a thrilling final in Chennai on Wednesday.
Strong Mitchell Marsh scored an unbeaten 66 off 36 balls – an innings that included six sixes
Travis Head scored an unbeaten 51 to take the tourists to the finish line.
Australia put India in to bat first and struck early as Starc had Shubman Gill caught at point for a duck
After this, Stark dismissed Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav on consecutive balls.
Captain Rohit was caught in the slip for 13 runs. KL Rahul fell to a sharp inswinger from Starc.
India lost Virat Kohli when Nathan Ellis dismissed him lbw for 31 in the 16th over
India were restricted to their lowest ODI total against Australia at home.
With the World Cup being played in India, are the Aussies using this trip to get used to the conditions? He said, ‘Yes, it helps in adjusting to the conditions, but every series is an opportunity to improve and work on our goals. Although we have one eye on the World Cup and are taking advantage of the conditions, obviously we have a more important job of trying to win this series. We go to Chennai and hope to win the series there. It’s an exciting prospect to beat India in India. Once we cross that target, we can focus more on the World Cup and its preparations. The World Cup is still a long way off but the immediate target is to win this series,” said the left-arm pacer.