Mitchell Starc: Australia’s star bowler Mitchell Starc has made a big splash. He has become the bowler taking the most wickets in World Cup history.
These days T20 World Cup 2024 is going on in America-West Indies. In this season, after the group stage, now Super 8 matches are going on. The 44th match was played between Australia and Bangladesh, in which the Kangaroo team won by 28 runs under the DLS rule. Bangladesh scored 140 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs, in response Australia scored 100 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 11.2 overs, then it rained and the result of the match came out by DLS rule, in which Australia was declared the winner by 28 runs.
In this match, Australia’s star bowler Mitchell Starc has made a world record. Mitchell Starc has now become the bowler who has taken the most wickets in ODI and T20 World Cup. He has surpassed Sri Lanka’s legendary bowler Lasith Malinga.
Starc took 1 wicket for 21 runs in 4 overs of Bangladesh and achieved this feat.
Let us tell you that Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga played a total of 60 matches in T20 and ODI World Cup, in which he took 94 wickets with a great average of 21.74, now Starc has broken this record of Malinga by taking 95 wickets. Know below about the top 5 bowlers who have taken the most wickets in ODI and T20 World Cup history…
Most wickets in ODI and T20 World Cup history (Mitchell Starc) 1. Mitchell Starc (Australia)- 95 (65 ODIs and 30 T20s) 2. Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)- 94 (56 and 38) 3. Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)- 92 (43 and 49) 4. Trent Boult (New Zealand)- 87 (53 and 34) 5. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)- 79 (68 and 11) Who is Mitchell Starc
Mitchell Starc is the star bowler of the Australian cricket team. This left-arm fast bowler can bowl at a speed of 150 plus. He has accurate line length. Starc also plays in the IPL. He is 34 years old. He is a strong weapon of the Australian team in the T20 World Cup 2024.
Mitchell Starc Cricket Career Test – 358 wickets in 170 innings of 89 matches ODI – 236 wickets in 121 matches T20 – 77 wickets in 64 matches.