Mitchell Starc trends on Twitter; fans shocked with pacer's behaviour in Sheffield Shield

Mitchell Starc recently deleted his social media accounts citing a need to focus on his game and reduce "outside ise". However, this hasn't stopped him from becoming centre of a heated debate on social media. Aussie pacer, who is kwn for his dangerous pace on field, had an incredible outing with bat at Sheffield Shield 2020 on Tuesday. In fact, Starc almost had his best-ever outing with bat, had it t been for a controversial call by NSW's captain Peter Nevill. 

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Mitchell Starc denied maiden ton at Sheffield Shield 2020

A GIF showing a furious Starc returning to dugout and slamming his bat on ground quickly started doing round on social media earlier in day.  reason behind this - Peter Nevill's decision to hang on for youngster Sean Abbott to complete his maiden century but declaring right after, leaving Mitchell Starc at 86* on or end. This is perhaps one of most controversial declarations in cricket since Rahul Dravid left Sachin Tendulkar on 194* in 2004 against Pakistan. 

Naturally, action has received many opinions from fans on social media. conditions surrounding declaration are in favour of captain. New South Wales were bowled out for a poor 64 runs in ir first innings and needed a major comeback to have a shot at victory. Nick Larkin, Moises Henriques and Abbott all made centuries in team's effort, taking m to 522 in second innings. This left Tasmania 348 to chase in one day.

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Nevill's decision to declare was done some credit by fact that NSW had already taken two wickets by close of play on Tuesday. However, some fans defended Starc's anger, saying that he deserved at least ar over or two to get to his century - a chance that he, as a lower-order batsman may rarely get. Yet ar fan thought Starc should've put his team's needs over his personal milestones. Here are some fan reactions to clip shared by Australian Cricket's Twitter handle: 

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India vs Australia 2020 series

After a below-par performance during India's last tour of India that earned him heaps of criticism, Mitchell Starc has said that he will be prepared for Men in Blue this time. pacer chose to pull out of Dream11 IPL 2020, to focus on w-postponed T20 World Cup.

w, Starc is brushing up on his red-ball skills in anticipation of 4-match Test series against India starting in vember. This is sure to give him an edge over ors who will have to make a quick switch from T20 format to Tests. Starc signed up with NSW team to be closer to his wife Alyssa Healy, who is playing with Sydney Sixers.

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Im Credits: Australian Cricket Twitter