“It’s more than that. [about] It's about getting used to the tactical side. I haven't played much T20 cricket in the last few years.
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Stark: “It took me longer than I expected to get my rhythm back.”
KKR's left-arm quick hit a game-winning three four against LSG on Sunday.
Until Sunday evening, Mitchell Starc had only two wickets in four IPL matches this season, averaging 77 wickets and an economy rate of 11. He then became the most expensive player in IPL history in the last auction with a salary of INR. 24.75 billion. However, Starc turned his form around with three hits for 28 against Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens, and in the end, Kolkata Knight Riders overpowered a chase of 162 runs and won an eight-wicket victory. Ta.
“I don't read anything, so it doesn't bother me,” he said after the game about expectations and ambient noise.
Starc returned to the IPL this year for the first time since 2015, but had only played two T20 matches in a year and a half before coming to India for the ongoing tournament since the 2022 T20 World Cup. Starc admitted he was still getting used to the “tactical side” of the shortest format.
“This is T20 cricket. For players who have played a lot of Test cricket, this is definitely much easier physically,” he said. “It’s more than that. [about] It's about getting used to the tactical side. He hasn't played much T20 cricket in the last few years so it might have taken him a little longer than expected to get his rhythm back and make a better impact. So today was good in that respect. ”
Against LSG, Starc bowled 3 overs in the powerplay, hitting 4 for 4 and conceding 23 runs. But that spell also included eight dots and the wicket of Deepak Hooda. When brought back to bowl for the final over, Starc gave away only six runs and struck two. His first ball hit LSG's best batsman this season, Nicholas Pooran, for 45. Then, on the last ball, he swung one back to Arshad Khan for a clean-up.
The next T20 World Cup begins just six days after the IPL concludes on May 26 in Chennai. In the IPL, each team travels around the country to play 14 league matches, and Starc says that “a characteristic of T20 cricket'' is that the matches are played closely and quickly, even though the World Cup is fast approaching. He said he can handle his workload.
“I’m 34 years old, so I’m pretty used to my workload,” he said. “I was doing this [for] for a long time. We play again on Tuesday and I think that's the nature of T20 cricket. Whether it's a good day or a bad day, the game is over so quickly that you can't really think about what happened. I can now focus on the next match. ”
