Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|02-05-2026
Jaiswal welcomed Starc in a warm manner.Image Credit source: PTI
Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Mitchell Starc: Australia's star fast bowler Mitchell Starc was much awaited in IPL 2026. Delhi Capitals had to take the field without Starc who was suffering from injury. But Starc made a comeback in the match between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi and hardly anyone would have thought about the kind of comeback he made. Starc, who came on the field for the first time in this season, was hit for a six on his very first ball and this six was not hit by Vaibhav Suryavanshi, but by his partner Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Mitchell Starc returned in the 43rd match of IPL 2026 on May 1 between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. In this match held in Jaipur, Starc and Vaibhav Suryavanshi The collision was about to be seen. Everyone wanted to see whether Suryavanshi would score a boundary on Starc's first ball this time too, as he had done against legends like Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood.
Jaiswal hit a six on the first ball
Rajasthan team came to bat first and as expected, Starc bowled the first over for Delhi.
It happened as Rajasthan fans wanted. Starc also got hit for a six on his very first ball this season. The only difference was that this six was not scored by Suryavanshi, but by Yashasvi Jaiswal. Starc bowled a short pitch ball, on which Jaiswal hit a six with a pull shot. This shot surprised even Starc.Stark took revenge, did not face Suryavanshi
However, Jaiswal could not capitalize much on this start and Starc took his revenge on the third ball of the same over. This ball was a full toss and Jaiswal wanted to send it for a six but could not do so.
The ball rose high in the air and Starc himself caught it. Not only this, the wish of seeing the match between Starc and Suryavanshi could not be fulfilled in this match because Vaibhav did not get to bat in the first over and he was bowled by Kyle Jamieson in the second over. Suryavanshi was out after scoring 4 runs in 2 balls.
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