AUS VS PAK 2nd Test: Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc gave cricketing world an admirable moment on the Day 4 of the second Test match between Australia and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, when he gifted his shoes to a young fan as per the promise he made to the young boy at the end of Lunch on Day 4. The moment occured post-match after Australia clinched a victory in an entertaining fixture against Pakistan as they beat the Asian side by 79 runs to win the three-match Test series 2-0 with a game still left to be played. Mitchell Starc had a good outing in the second innings of the match after he went wicketless in the first innings as his four wickets helped Australia beat Pakistan in the Boxing Day Test match.
The left-arm pacer has had a memorable 2023 in which he had a trophy-laden period in the international tournaments and recently became the most expensive buy ever in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) when Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) went into a bidding war with Gujarat Titans (GT) and emerged victorious by outbidding them by placing a bid of a mammoth 24.75 crore in the recently held IPL 2024 Auction in Dubai, on December 19. The former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player previously played the cash-rich league back in 2014 and 2015 season for the Bangalore-based franchise and had a great outing in both the seasons as he managed to scalp 34 wickets in 26 matches across those two seasons.
The New South Wales-born cricketer caps off his 2023 International Test year with 44 wickets in which he managed to help Australia win the World Test Championship and retain The Ashes.