Mitchell Starc's nightmare return to the Indian Premier League is beginning to look as if it will deliver a dream finish for the Australian pacer.
Starc began the competition like a man out of his time, flogged around the park by a new breed of T20 batters, going for two runs a ball and looking every day of his 34 years. He is ending it in prime form, justifying his record $4.43m price tag and blitzing the batters who had blitzed him.
In the qualifying final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) Starc has taken 3-34, tearing the heart out of Sunrisers Hyderabad's upper order, to set up an eight-wicket victory for Kolkata Knight Riders propelling them into Sunday's final.
