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Starc gets real for Sharma Just before the toss as Mitchell Starc was marking his run-up, Abhishek Sharma stood at the opposite end and was shadow batting a lofted shot. He even appeared to be visualising what he would be facing later on. But never in his wildest dreams he would have expected to face a peach of a delivery from Mitchell Starc.

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co/lCK6AJCdH9 #KKRvSRH | #Final | #TheFinalCall | @KKRiders pic.twitter.com/987TCaksZz — IndianPremierLeague (@ IPL ) May 26, 2024 From banter to bullet There was funny banter between Mitch Starc and Travis Head, at the non-striker’s end, after the first ball in the IPL final.

The first ball swung past the outside edge of Abhishek Sharma , and as Starc walked back, he directed a gesture at Head with his thumb back at striker’s end. As if to say you get there. Head said something that brought up a big laugh from Starc.

In the stands, a huge banner waved: ā€˜Travis Head, drop them dead!’ Three balls later, it was Starc dropping one dead with an absolute beaut. It landed on a length around middle and off and curved away past the iffy prod from Abhishek Sharma to clatter into the off peg. Starc roared, Abhishek winced, and the final was aliv.

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