India vs Australia 2023

‘The beast is back at his best’ – Twitter in awe of Mitchell Starc after he picks up 9th five wicket haul against India

India were bundled out for just 117 in their 50 overs.

Mar 19, 2023 4:51 pm

India and Australia met at Visakhapatnam for the second ODI. The Indian batters could not get starts at all as the top order was rocked early by a brilliant spell from Mitchell Starc and Australia never looked back from there. Starc picked up his ninth five-wicket haul in ODIs. Only Waqar Younis and Muttiah Muralitharan are ahead in terms of five-wicket hauls in ODIs.

Starc’s victims were Shuman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Kl Rahul and Mohammed Siraj. Rohit and Gill lost their wickets after playing rash shots. KL Rahul, on the other hand, fell lbw to Starc and could not repeat his first ODI heroics with the bat for India. Starc received great support from Sean Abbot, who picked the wicket of Hardik Pandya, thanks to a breathtaking catch from Steve Smith. Nathan Ellis then scalped the wicket of Virat Kohli. Australia kept India on a leash and never allowed them to break free.

India were no match against Starc at the Wankhede Stadium in the first ODI

India failed once again to counter the left-arm pace threat and fell prey to Starc’s brilliance. This was deja vu from India just as it was in the first ODI. Even in Mumbai, Starc picked Gill, Suryakumar and Kohli and reduced India to 39-4. At Vizag, when India got all out for 117 runs, it was the third-lowest total against the Kangaroos in ODIs. This was also the fourth-lowest ODI total at home for the Men in Blue. India were bowled out in 26 overs in the second ODI.

The World Cup will be held at home this year since 2011. India will want to get better at left-arm pace come the World Cup. India would like to practice against left-arm quicks on a consistent basis to address the issue. Australia have come roaring back in the series with a magical display of bowling after losing a low-scoring game at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter-

9th five-wicket haul for Mitchell Starc from just 109 matches in ODIs.

A Great in white ball format.! 👍👏
He crashed India's batting lineup today. #INDvsAUS #INDvAUS #Vizag

— Atul Tiwari (@iTiwariAtul) March 19, 2023

Normal years Mitchell starc
WC year Mitch"Hell" Starc❤
Everybody is a gangster… till they see a monster!!!

— Shalitha Bandara (@ShalithaCameron) March 19, 2023

Poor batting performance by #TeamIndia bowled out at low total 118
Can defend indian bowler this total#INDvsAUS #2ndodi #mitchellstarc
Like Indian batsman; pic.twitter.com/W5t8QTfbVc

— हिंदुत्व (सनातन धर्म) (@SriAdbhut) March 19, 2023

Mitchell Starc is an ODI giant.

The GOAT!#24newscricket @assamcric pic.twitter.com/GGjpgcmQ3D

— 24NewsCricket (@24newscricket) March 19, 2023

5 wickets haul for Mitchell Starc. His bowling figure (8-1-53-5) including the wickets of Rohit, Gill, Rahul, Surya. This is high class bowling performance by Mitchell Starc. Brilliant.#INDvsAUS #AUSvIND #teamindiacricket #CricketTwitter #IPL2023 #ODI #ODISeries #Starc pic.twitter.com/Q2OHejPcbN

— VISHNU VISHAL REDDY 🇮🇳 (@Vishal767082) March 19, 2023

Vintage Mitchell Starc is back for Australia . He took 5 wickets in the 2nd ODI against India at Vizag 🔥. This is his 9th five wicket haul in ODIs. Take a bow 🙌. #CricketTwitter #INDvsAUS #2ndODI #Vizag #MitchellStarc #IndiaVsAustralia #Visakhapatnam pic.twitter.com/d8juyLfcNt

— Mrityunjoy 💜 (@Mrityunjoy_offl) 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!

— cric. mani7 (@p_manikumaran) March 19, 2023