VISAKHAPATNAM: Mitchell Starc, who arrange Australia’s thumping 10-wicket victory towards India with a five-wicket haul on the Dr YSR ACA-VDCA Stadium on Sunday, stated that the technique has been to get wickets within the powerplay and that it labored out nicely for them right here.
“It is not a new game plan as such, I have always tried to take wickets in the powerplay, and we were able to take six wickets in the powerplay today. Taking wickets in the powerplay is the way forward in one-day cricket as we can control the game from thereon. This is what we did today, and things fell in place,” Starc stated after the match.
Was it a bonus for him to bowl to right-handed batters? “It doesn’t work that way and not for me especially. I just like to bowl fast and keep the ball up and let it swing so it doesn’t matter if the batter is a right-hander or a left-hander,” he stated.
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<p>Mitchell Starc ripped by way of India’s lineup with 5 wickets as Australia cruised to a crushing 10-wicket win towards India in 2nd ODI.</p>
<p>With this win, Australia have levelled their three-match collection at 1-1.</p>
<p>Chasing 118 to win, Australia romped residence in solely 11 overs to arrange an exciting finale in Chennai on Wednesday.</p>
<p>A ferocious Mitchell Marsh cracked an unbeaten 66 in 36 balls – a knock that included six sixes </p>
<p>Travis Head made 51 not out to get the vacationers over the end line.</p>
<p>Australia put India in to bat and struck early as Starc had Shubman Gill caught at level for a duck </p>
<p>Starc then dismissed Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav off successive balls a bit of later.</p>
<p>Skipper Rohit was caught at slip for 13. KL Rahul fell to a pointy inswinger from Starc. </p>
<p>India misplaced Virat Kohli when Nathan Ellis trapped him lbw for 31 within the sixteenth over </p>
<p>India have been restricted to their lowest ODI whole towards Australia at residence. </p>
With the World Cup to be performed in India, are the Australians utilizing this journey to get used to the situations? “Yes, it helps to get used to the conditions, but every series is a chance to improve and work at our goals. Though we have one eye on the World Cup and are seizing up the conditions, we obviously have a more important job of trying to win this series. We go to Chennai and hope to win the series there. That is an exciting prospect of beating India in India. Once we get past that object, then we can focus more on the World Cup and the preparations for it. The World Cup is quite a long way to go but the immediate goal is to win this series,” the left-arm seamer stated.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
