DC suffer huge blow as THIS player decides to not return for remaining matches

Australia`s premier pacer Mitchell Starc has decided not to return to India for the remainder of the Indian Premier League 2025.

The fast bowler`s decision has come as a huge blow for Delhi Capitals (DC), causing an unexpected tension in their path to the IPL 2025 playoffs.

According to the `Australia Associated Press`, the pacer has informed the franchise about his decision, after being a part of the Dharamshala match in early May, which was called off due to security reasons. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended the IPL 2025 soon after for one week due to escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. Now, following the ceasefire, the board has announced that the league will resume from May 17.

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Featuring in the IPL 2025 for DC, Mitchell Starc claimed 14 wickets in 11 matches. His absence in the remaining matches of the league will be felt by the Delhi-based franchise, who will look to seal a spot in the playoffs.

The pacer`s wife and Australian women`s team captain Alyssa Healy shared a brief video about the incident that took place during the IPL 2025 match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamshala.

“Couple of the light towers went out and we were just there waiting. I heard a rumour a couple of seats down that we might have to evacuate the stadium cause the lights gone down,” Healy said on the `WillowTalk` podcast. “And we are large group of family and extra support staff. And next minute the guy that kind of wrangles the group of us and gets us on the bus comes up and his face was white”.

“And he was like, we need to go right now. And we were saying, `oh, it`s okay`. Like we`re probably best off letting everyone else get out of the stadium and like stay here. We`re probably safer at the moment. Cause there`ll be people going down the stairs everywhere,” she added.

DC has signed Mustafizur Rahman as the replacement for Jake Fraser-McGurk. The Axar Patel-led Delhi will clash against Gujarat Titans (GT) in their upcoming IPL 2025 match on May 18.

(With PTI Inputs)

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