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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Mitchell Starc makes emotional career call after Aussie cricketer's tough decision with wife
Aussie pace bowler Mitchell Starc has made the difficult decision not to return to India for the resumption of the IPL after recently escaping the region with his wife Alyssa Healy. The couple endured a heart-stopping evacuation from India in May due to escalating tensions with Pakistan. Starc has chosen not to return to the world's most popular cricket tournament, revealing that he's content with the fact he may not be asked to play in India again. 'I'm comfortable with my decision and how I felt about the whole situation and how it was handled,' Starc told The Age. 'That's why I made my decision post-that, and my focus changed to red-ball cricket for about a week prior to coming over here (to Lord's for the World Test Championship final). 'Time will tell with repercussions or how it looks with guys that didn't return. But I've had my questions and concerns leading into that game, and obviously we saw what happened, which played a part in my decision.' 'There was a little bit of that to my decision around the Champions Trophy [in Pakistan]. And then once the tournament was delayed you start to think about guys' preparation for the Test match. 'Things were handled differently for different players and different teams, the guys up in Dharamsala, the Punjab guys were part of that, and while both teams had similar experiences up there, all those guys returned for Punjab, and Jake [Fraser-McGurk] and I chose not to. 'So it was a very individual decision, and I'm happy to live with whatever comes of that.' Healy opened up on the worrying escape from India while watching her husband play in Dharamsala, in India's far north. 'It was a surreal experience,' she told the Willow Talk podcast. 'All of a sudden a couple of the light towers went out and we were just sitting there up the top waiting … we're a large group of family and extra support staff and the next minute the guy who wrangles the group of us and gets us on the bus came up and his face was white. 'He was like, "We need to go right now." Then (another) guy came out and his face was white and he grabbed one of the children and said, "We need to leave right now." 'We were like, "what's going on?" We weren't told anything. We had no idea. 'Next minute we are down being shuffled into this room which was like a holding pen. All the boys were in there. 'Faf (South African cricketer Faf du Plessis) didn't even have shoes on. We were all just waiting there looking stressed. 'I said to Mitch, "what's going on?" He said the town 60km away had just been smacked by some of the missiles so there was a complete blackout in the area. 'That's why the lights were off because the Dharamsala stadium was like a beacon at that point in time. 'All of a sudden we're crammed into vans and off we go back to the hotel. There was madness.' It was decided that the best move was to evacuate the teams the following day, but Healy said that the eleven and a half hour journey back to Dehli was also disturbing. 'We ended up going south west towards the border which was a little bit terrifying,' Healy said. 'Mitch and I have played too much Call of Duty and we're noticing all the SAM sites that were just sitting there ready to go. They're radar operated systems that shoot missiles at aircraft.
CNA
4 days ago
- Sport
- CNA
Australia's Starc comfortable with IPL pullout regardless of repercussion
MELBOURNE :Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc is comfortable with his decision to leave the Indian Premier League (IPL) following the India-Pakistan clashes last month regardless of any repercussions, the 35-year-old said. The IPL was suspended on May 9 in the wake of hostilities between the two. It resumed on May 17 after the nuclear-armed neighbours agreed to a ceasefire. While most IPL foreign recruits returned to complete their franchise commitment, the Delhi Capitals duo of Starc and fellow Australian Jake Fraser-McGurk took no further part in the 10-team league. "I'm comfortable with my decision and how I felt about the whole situation and how it was handled," Starc told the Sydney Morning Herald on Friday. "Time will tell with repercussions or how it looks with guys that didn't return. But I've had my questions and concerns leading into that game, and obviously we saw what happened, which played a part in my decision." Starc was in Dharamsala, near the Pakistan border, for Delhi's May 9 match against the Punjab Kings. The contest was abandoned midway through, although league organisers blamed it on a floodlights failure. "Jake and I chose not to (return). So it was a very individual decision, and I'm happy to live with whatever comes of that," Starc said. He opted out of the Champions Trophy in Pakistan earlier this year citing personal reasons and has skipped the IPL more than once to preserve himself for international cricket. The left-arm quick said he withdrew from the remainder of the IPL because of the extraordinary circumstances. "I'm still heavily committed to the Delhi group, and I'm not someone that's gone into tournaments and pulled out after being picked up in an auction or whatever that looks like," Starc said. "These are different circumstances ... I had a discussion back home then came to a decision, and whatever comes from that I'm comfortable with that and we move forward."
Reuters
4 days ago
- Sport
- Reuters
Australia's Starc comfortable with IPL pullout regardless of repercussion
MELBOURNE, June 6 (Reuters) - Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc is comfortable with his decision to leave the Indian Premier League (IPL) following the India-Pakistan clashes last month regardless of any repercussions, the 35-year-old said. The IPL was suspended on May 9 in the wake of hostilities between the two. It resumed on May 17 after the nuclear-armed neighbours agreed to a ceasefire. While most IPL foreign recruits returned to complete their franchise commitment, the Delhi Capitals duo of Starc and fellow Australian Jake Fraser-McGurk took no further part in the 10-team league. "I'm comfortable with my decision and how I felt about the whole situation and how it was handled," Starc told the Sydney Morning Herald on Friday. "Time will tell with repercussions or how it looks with guys that didn't return. But I've had my questions and concerns leading into that game, and obviously we saw what happened, which played a part in my decision." Starc was in Dharamsala, near the Pakistan border, for Delhi's May 9 match against the Punjab Kings. The contest was abandoned midway through, although league organisers blamed it on a floodlights failure. "Jake and I chose not to (return). So it was a very individual decision, and I'm happy to live with whatever comes of that," Starc said. He opted out of the Champions Trophy in Pakistan earlier this year citing personal reasons and has skipped the IPL more than once to preserve himself for international cricket. The left-arm quick said he withdrew from the remainder of the IPL because of the extraordinary circumstances. "I'm still heavily committed to the Delhi group, and I'm not someone that's gone into tournaments and pulled out after being picked up in an auction or whatever that looks like," Starc said. "These are different circumstances ... I had a discussion back home then came to a decision, and whatever comes from that I'm comfortable with that and we move forward."
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Aussies fire but playoffs-bound Punjab cop IPL loss
Ricky Ponting's Punjab Kings have failed to clinch a top-two spot in the Indian Premier League after being beaten by Delhi Capitals by six wickets despite strong Australian batting efforts. Playoffs-bound Punjab made a strong 8-206 batting first on Saturday, with Aussie No.3 Josh Inglis smashing 32 off 12 balls and countryman Marcus Stoinis belting an unbeaten 44 off 16 balls. But Sameer Rizvi with a blistering unbeaten 58 off 25 balls - his maiden IPL half-century - led Delhi's winning chase to 4-208. The Curvv Super Striker of the Match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals goes to Marcus Stoinis. #TATAIPL | #PBKSvDC | #CurvvSuperStriker | @TataMotors_Cars — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 24, 2025 The game was replayed in Jaipur after it was called off in Dharamsala on May 8 when the floodlights went off during air raid alerts in the second innings. The IPL was later suspended due to the military strikes between India and Pakistan. Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are the others to have filled out the playoff spots but their final positions are still to be determined. The top two have home advantage. Rizvi and Karun Nair, who made 44, revived Delhi's chase after it lost seasoned pros Lokesh Rahul (35) and captain Faf du Plessis (23) inside the first seven overs. Nair took his time to settle before he smashed leg-spinner Praveen Dubey for four straight boundaries in the 11th over. Nair added 62 runs with Rizvi until Nair's leg stump was knocked back by spinner Harpreet Brar just before the death overs. Delhi still needed 52 off the final five overs. Rizvi swept Australian Marcus Stoinis for a huge six on the leg side to raise the victory with three balls to spare. Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer made 53 and held his team's innings together in the middle overs before No.7 Stoinis' late flourish which included four sixes. Delhi left-arm fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman bagged 3-33, but pacers Mukesh Kumar (1-49) and Mohit Sharma (0-47) conceded 25 and 22 runs respectively in their last overs to give Punjab a late surge. Mustafizur dismissed Priyansh Arya in the second over but Inglis kickstarted Punjab by smashing his quickfire 32 before being stumped off Vipraj Nigam's wide ball down the leg side. Iyer scored freely despite wickets falling around the Punjab captain. Iyer reached his half-century off 33 balls and was caught at fine leg off Kuldeep Yadav in a three-run 18th over. However, Stoinis smacked 32 runs off the final two overs, hitting Sharma for 6-4-4-6. Brar smacked six off the first ball he faced and took Punjab past 200 for the seventh time this season.
Washington Post
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Punjab fails to grab IPL top-two spot after losing to Delhi by 6 wickets
JAIPUR, India — Punjab Kings failed to clinch a top-two spot in the Indian Premier League after being thrashed by Delhi Capitals by six wickets on Saturday. Playoffs-bound Punjab made a strong 206-8 but Sameer Rizvi with a blistering unbeaten 58 off 25 balls led Delhi's winning chase of 208-4. The game was replayed after it was called off in Dharamsala on May 8 when the floodlights went off during air raid alerts in the second innings. The IPL was later suspended due to the military strikes between India and Pakistan.
