BGT 2024-25: [Watch] Mitchell Starc reacts to Yashasvi Jaiswal's "You're bowling to slow" sledge

Mitchell Starc registered figures of 1/111 in India’s second innings in Perth.

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has opened up about his sledging duel with young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal in the first BGT 2024-25 test in Perth.

Jaiswal was dismissed by Starc in India’s first innings in Perth for a duck but turned it around in the second innings to slam his maiden test century on Australian soil.

Starc went through a rollercoster ride too in the first test. He had excellent figures of 2/14 in 11 overs in India’s first innings but then returned with dismal figures of 1/111 in India’s second innings.

During Jaiswal’s knock, the southpaw sledged Starc, taunting the left-arm speedster that he’s “bowling too slow.” At that time, Starc turned around and smiled as he walked to his bowling mark.

Jaiswal flicked Starc for a six off his hips and the later defended a similar delivery. The seamer then sledged him back, asking him to play the flick shot again.

Speaking ahead of the second test, Starc recalled the mini-battle with Jaiswal in the first test.

He said, “I didn’t actually hear him say ‘I bowl too slow’. I don’t say too much to people these days. I might have back in the day, but now I just sort of get on with it. He played that flick shot, and I think I bowled pretty much the same ball, and he defended it. I said, ‘Where’s the flick shot?’ and he just laughed at me. So, we left it just there.”

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Jaiswal’s century and his partnership of 201 runs with KL Rahul laid the platform for Virat Kohli to hit a ton of his own. Their knocks helped India post 487 runs and set Australia a huge target of 534, chasing which the hosts were bowled out for 238.

The second test, a day-night contest in Adelaide, will start on December 6.

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