Mitchell Starc became the real ‘King’ of the World Cup, history was created by breaking Lasith Malinga’s record.

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Whenever it comes to the World Cup, currently two big names – Virat Kohli and Mitchell Starc – come first. Kohli-Starc echoes across the world in these ICC events, irrespective of the format. Recently, this Australian fast bowler achieved the feat of ‘King’ of the World Cup in the Super-8 match against Bangladesh. In this match against Bangladesh, Starc took 1 wicket by giving only 21 runs in the quota of 4 overs. With this one wicket, he became the joint highest wicket taker in T20 and ODI World Cup. Yes, he has beaten Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga in this matter.

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Malinga played ODIs and T20s during his tenure. World Cup A total of 60 matches were played, in which he took a total of 94 wickets at an unmatched average of 21.74, but now in the 52nd World Cup match, Starc has created history by taking 95 wickets. Starc averaged 21.11 during this period. He has taken 65 wickets in the ODI World Cup and 30 in the T20 World Cup.

…When the Kangaroos were stunned by ‘speed merchant’ David Johnson’s 158kmph ball, Michael Slater fell victim.

Highest wicket-taker in World Cup (ODI & T20)

Mitchell Starc- 95 (65 ODIs and 30 T20s)
Lasith Malinga- 94 (56 and 38)
Shakib Al Hasan- 92 (43 and 49)
Trent Boult- 87 (53 & 34)
Muttiah Muralitharan- 79 (68 and 11)

Rishabh Pant broke the records of legends like Adam Gilchrist, AB de Villiers and Kumar Sangakkara in one fell swoop to become number-1 in the matter.

Talking about the Australia vs Bangladesh match, after losing the toss, the Bangladesh team came to bat first and could score only 140 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto scored 41 runs while Tauheed Hriday scored 40 runs. The most successful bowler for Australia was Pat Cummins who took a hat-trick in this match. Cummins became the second Australian bowler to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup.

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