Current Australian leading fast bowler Mitchell Starc revealed about his chances of playing in the 2016 ICC World T20. He has written off his chances to play the tournament.
He told reporters, “It’s very unlikely. Everything would have to go perfectly to be any chance. I won’t know until I can start doing some stuff on it. I don’t want to rush it. I want to make sure it’s 100 percent because I’ve rushed back before and been dropped after a game.”
He added, “I’ve played probably non-stop for two years and the silver lining is I get to give the body a bit of a break and rebuild that strength. Make sure everything is 100 percent before I go again.”
The 2016 World T20 is scheduled to be held in India from 11th March to 3rd April. Mitchell Starc was the player of the tournament in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
The 25-years old left-arm pacer had an ankle injury which he is suffering from the historic day-night Test match against New Zealand in November 2015. He had a surgery on that ankle in the recently and is recovering well from that at present.
Starc said the operation was successful but it will take some more time for making a comeback; such is his bowling style.
Starc said, “Everything had felt great on that day, so I think it just comes back to the rhythm and smoothness in my action on any given day. It’s going to take a while to get back to my bowling workload and get that rhythm back after spending some time out. It always takes some time to get that pace back. You obviously are not going to bowl at full pace soon as you come back; it takes a bit of time, so I’m not sure how it’s going to go.”
Starc will miss the upcoming Australia’s limited-over format series at home against India and also the next Test series against New Zealand in New Zealand.
Starc thinks that it will be not easy for him to make a straight back into the national side. He said, “I don’t think you can ever say 100 percent that you’ve cemented a spot. I’m still going to have to work my butt off when I get back to bowling to get my spot back. But I’d like to think in the last 10-12 months I’ve come a long way in all forms of cricket.”