Only India can have a T20I, ODI and Test team play on the same day: Mitchell Starc | Cricket News – The Times of India

Australia’s star quick bowler Mitchell Starc got here up with a enormous praise for the depth of expertise in Indian cricket, saying that it is the solely nation that can have three completely different groups taking part in in three completely different codecs on the same day and nonetheless be aggressive.
“I think they are probably the only nation that can have a Test team, a one-day team and a T20 team play on the same day against Australia in the Test, England in the one-dayer and South Africa in the T20I; and India will be competitive,” mentioned Starc in a present on YouTube channel ‘FanaticsTV’.
“No other country can do that,” he added.
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Starc’s response was half of his reply to a query from the present moderator who requested if the Indian Premier League (IPL) getting larger and larger yearly is a bonus to India in white-ball tournaments.
“I am not sure if it’s an advantage per se because as cricketers we have got these opportunities to play all franchise (cricket) around the world (but) the Indian guys can only play in the IPL,” mentioned Starc.
“Obviously, it’s the number one product, has got all the Indians playing, so much influx of international talent. It’s at the top. There’s no doubt that it’s a huge tournament…But I don’t think you can just sit on that because you have guys (players around the world) that play 5-6 different franchise leagues a year; so they are still getting the exposure to world cricket.
“That (IPL) helps, it is a nice event, however clearly you have bought to have expertise there; and the depth in Indian cricket (is large),” he added.

The 2025 season of the IPL begins on March 22 and Starc will be playing for the Delhi Capitals, who bought him for Rs 11.75 crore at the mega players’ auction last November.
However, Starc had opted out of the just-concluded ICC Champions Trophy with a sore ankle. Australia lost to eventual champions India in the semifinal.