Australia pacer Mitchell Starc has taken a dig at Ravichandran Ashwin, saying that he is eager to bowl to the Indian off-spinner and will take aim at his helmet. Starc was ruled out of the four-Test series following the second Test in Bengaluru which Australia lost by 75 runs. He was diagnosed with a fracture in his right foot.
“I look forward to bowling to Ashwin in Australia,” Starc said with a laugh.
“There was a lot made of it before the series and there was so much hype before the series. I think we’ve just gone about the cricket that we have done for a long period of time now,” said Starc.
This possibly comes after Starc was given a send-off by Ashwin in Bengaluru when he got out in the second innings. After Ashwin took Starc’s wicket, he kept pointing.
Ashwin dismissed Starc in both the innings of the second Test in Bengaluru on scores of 26 and 1.
