I don't care what he says, Mitchell Starc replies to Shane Warne’s comment

Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc is one of the best left-arm bowlers in the world. However, he has faced several injuries throughout his career and has been out of the team for longer than anyone would’ve liked. Despite playing 140 international matches and creating substantial impact Stac in his 8-year career hasn’t achieved what he had set out to.

After having played a lot of cricket, his inconsistent performance has kept him in news for the last couple of years. Former Australia spinner Shane Warne first shared his opinion on Starc in the year 2015 when he talked about Starc’s ‘soft’ body language. But the pacer said that he has nothing to prove to anybody on that.

Starc has again been criticised by Warne who is commentating during the Test series between India and Australia. The hosts lost the first Test to India and Starc had scalped 5 wickets there by giving 103 runs in the two innings. Warne was not satisfied with his performance and even wrote about it in the Daily Telegraph.

Starc has lost his rhythm

He mentioned that Starc had lost his rhythm and questioned his decision to not feature more domestic cricket as it would’ve helped him get back in form.

Australia levelled the series 1-1 at Perth and prior to the match, Warne had stated that Starc might lose his place in the playing XI. That was not to be and Starc, in fact, gave them a really good start in both the innings to finish the game with another five wickets. In the process, he also became only the second left-hander, and 17th player, to take 200 Test wickets for Australia.

While talking about the criticism he has faced, the 28-year old shared that he is not at all bothered about that as the team, coach, as well as the captain all, are happy with his performance. He further said that people have been criticizing him right after his debut and these all will not ‘hurt’ him anymore.

“He’s been on my back since I made my debut, so I don’t really care what Shane says,” Starc was quoted as saying by Sportsar.

“I’m not going to pay attention to him. As long as the coach, the captain, the team and the staff are happy with the role I’m playing and I’m doing that job for the team, that’s what matters to me,” he further added. “People outside can say what they want. They’ve been on my back for eight years, it’s not going to hurt me if they keep going for the next few years anyway.”

~ Written by Shruti Banerjee

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