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Mitchell Starc one wicket away from equalling Kapil Dev’s Test tally
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has taken 433 wickets in 105 Tests, one short of India great Kapil Dev's 434, and could move ahead during Australia's two-Test series against Bangladesh starting 13…
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has taken 433 wickets in 105 Tests, one short of India great Kapil Dev's 434, and could move ahead during Australia's two-Test series against Bangladesh starting 13 August, according to The New Indian Express. He is also closing in on Dale Steyn's 439 wickets and currently leads the ongoing World Test Championship cycle with 46 wickets in eight matches. Starc, 36, told the Australian Associated Press it was cool and very humbling to be mentioned alongside players like Kapil Dev, and said keeping his body in good shape across 16 years of international cricket had mattered, citing work on a wobble seam and greater consistency. He played briefly in this year's IPL but has not featured in competitive cricket since. Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Nathan Lyon remain the only Australians ahead of him on the all-time list.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Passing two legends on the all-time wicket list is a genuine landmark, yet Test cricket spans widely different conditions, opposition strength, schedules and volumes of matches across generations, so no single tally can settle who the better bowler truly was. What is genuinely open is form: a solitary IPL outing aside, Starc walks into a five-day contest against Bangladesh with no recent match sharpness to point to, and that gap is untested until he actually bowls. The first Test against Bangladesh, starting 13 August in Darwin, is where Starc could move above Kapil Dev.
Source: www.newindianexpress.com
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