WATCH: Mitchell Starc dismisses THIS India batter with an absolute ripper, claims 15th Test fifer

India's Harshit Rana had no answer to Starc's peach of a delivery which cleaned up the batter for a duck and left India reeling on 141/8

Australia pacer Mitchell Starc yet again proved why he is one of the best bowlers in red-ball cricket by picking up his 15th five-wicket haul in the format. Starc cleaned up Harshit Rana for a duck to claim his fifth wicket of the day and leave India reeling on 141/8.

It was an absolute peach of a delivery which would have cleaned up even the best batters in the world. Starc’s last fifer in the format came back in 2023 against England at Headingley.

The 34-year-old gave the hosts a fantastic start by dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal on the very first ball of the match, completing his revenge over the batter, who called him “too slow’ in the previous Test in Perth.

He then went on to break the developing partnership between KL Rahul and Shubman Gill by dismissing the former on 37. Starc’s third wicket was a big one as h dismissed Virat Kohli for only 7 runs right before lunch.

Starc then went on to dismiss Ravichandran Ashwin for 22 before cleaning up Harshit for a duck to complete a really impressive fifer.