Australian pacer Mitchell Starc claimed his 250th Test wickets on the second day of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. He reached the milestone by dismissing Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, caught by his captain Tim Paine. His achievement has come in his 59th Test, at an impressive average-strike rate combination of 26.68 and 47.9 respectively.
With the wicket of Pant, Starc entered the elite club of Australian bowlers to have taken 250 or more Test wickets, only eight other bowlers from his country have done so. The fastest bowler to reach the milestone was Dennis Lillee who arrived at the 250-mark in just 48 Tests, while both Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne were the second-fastest to the 250 wickets landmark, in 55 Tests. However, Starc’s strike rate of 47.9 is significantly better than his predecessors.
On the second day of the Test, India surpassed the first innings total of Australia -195 - and Starc’s wicket came in handy for the hosts as Pant was threatening to take the game away from them.
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