Mitchell Starc Reflects On Rohit Sharma's Brutal Assault In The T20 World Cup With 'Bad Balls' Claim

In a recent podcast, Mitchell Starc recalled his experience against Indian skipper Rohit Sharma in the Super Eight match during the recent T20 World Cup 2024. Mitchell Starc admitted that he bowled five bad deliveries in an over and added that Rohit Sharma smashed all of them to boundaries in that game. Rohit Sharma scored a match-winning half-century against Australia in the Super Eight encounter in St. Lucia. The Indian captain scored 92 runs off 41 balls, including seven boundaries and eight sixes. Rohit Sharma was named "Player of the Match" after defeating the Mitchell Marsh-led Australia by 24 runs.

Mitchell Starc reflects on Rohit Sharma's brutal assault in the T20 World Cup with 'bad balls' claim

Talking on a popular sports podcast, Australia's star left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc mentioned how Rohit Sharma used conditions to score runs. Starc stated that they conceded close to par score and described it as the best wicket Australia played on in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and the USA. Australia's star left-arm fast bowler conceded 45 runs in his four overs against the Rohit Sharma-led India.

"I've played a lot against him. He had a good tournament, especially the back end. I think that he targeted that wind in St Lucia as well. That was at one end, I think. If you look at the runs from each end, it was probably the one end that went for a lot more than the other," Mitchell Starc said.

Mitchell Starc recalled his experience against Indian skipper Rohit Sharma in the Super Eight match during the recent T20 World Cup 2024. Mitchell Starc admitted that he bowled five bad deliveries in an over and added that Rohit Sharma smashed all of them to boundaries in that game. Rohit Sharma scored a match-winning half-century against Australia in the Super Eight encounter in St. Lucia.

"I think I had five bad balls, and he hit them all for six. We thought that it was close to par perhaps, maybe a little bit over par, but it was the best wicket in the World Cup I think, that we all played on," Starc said.

Overall, Mitchell Starc's performance in the tournament was lacklustre. He only took five wickets from five matches at an average of 31.60 with an economy rate of 8.78. His best bowling figures were 2/20. In his absence, Australia suffered a shocking defeat and eventually were knocked out of the tournament. Mitchell Starc in T20 World Cup 2026 is still a huge question mark.