David Warner welcomes Mitchell Starc to Sunrisers Hyderabad in cheeky Instagram post

Australia beat New Zealand by a huge margin of 296 runs in first Test at Perth Stadium in western city of country to take a 1-0 lead in 3-match Test series. Speedster Mitchell Starc was adjudged Man of Match for taking 9 wickets. With IPL 2020 Auction lined up on December 19, Starc refused to participate in T20 tournament in 2020 as well. However, his teammate Aussie opener David Warner recently tried poking fun at him for his decision.

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Post conclusion of first Test, Warner uploaded an Instagram story in which he was seen standing alongside New Zealand skipper, Kane Williamson, who was shaking hands with his teammate Mitchell Starc. Warner and Williamson are teammates at Sunrisers Hyderabad. Williamson is also captain of franchise. As a result, Warner wrote on his story, “Welcome to Sunrisers Hyderabad @mstarc56.”

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David Warner's Instagram story for Mitchell Starc

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Seeing story, it seems that Warner is keen to have his Australian teammate at Sunrisers Hyderabad for upcoming season of IPL. However, fans ticed cheeky way in which southpaw captioned photo. Starc has t played in IPL since 2015 but he was one of costliest picks in IPL Auction 2018 when Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for a hefty amount of Rs. 9.6 crore. But pacer suffered an injury just before IPL and was ruled out from T20 tournament.  left-arm pacer has emerged as one of leading pacers for Australia in last 4-5 years. He has donned national jersey in 55 Tests, 85 ODIs and 28 T20Is in which he has grabbed more than 450 international wickets.

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