Mitchell Starc, the seasoned Australian pacer, has formally confirmed his participation within the 2024 Indian Premier League mini-auction, with a purpose to put together for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, which is able to happen in West Indies and June subsequent 12 months. 

Ought to a franchise choose him within the public sale, it’s going to mark his return to the IPL for the primary time since 2015. Moreover, this might signify his second stint with an IPL group, having beforehand represented the Royal Challengers Bangalore within the 2014 and 2015 seasons, the place he took 34 wickets in 27 matches. 

Again in 2018, he was signed by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) however needed to pull out as a result of harm. Moreover, at occasions, he selected worldwide cricket commitments over the IPL. 

“Look, it’s been eight years. I’m positively going again in [next] 12 months. Amongst different issues, it’s an ideal lead-up to the T20 World Cup,” Starc instructed the Willow Discuss Cricket Podcast about his IPL ambitions as quoted by ESPNCricinfo.

“So a great alternative to see if anybody’s within the IPL, then lead into the T20 World Cup. And it’s considerably of a quiet winter subsequent 12 months…compared to this winter, so I believe it’s a good alternative to place my identify in,” he concluded. 

One of many main causes for his prolonged IPL hiatus is his dedication to Take a look at cricket. He aspires to hitch the elite membership of cricketers with a century of Take a look at matches, a distinction presently held solely by Australia’s Glenn McGrath. 

“Not simply to get to 100, I want to be ok to be picked for 100 Exams. After which the massive one clearly in a few weeks is the World Cup, which in India simply goes to a different stage,” Starc added.

With 82 Exams beneath his belt, if he continues to function in Australia’s upcoming Future Excursions Programme matches, he’s poised to achieve his a hundredth Take a look at milestone in the course of the 2025-26 Ashes sequence.