Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc had opted out of IPL 2020

Mitchell Starc, who had opted out of IPL 2020, was welcomed to the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) franchise by his Australia teammate David Warner in a bizarre Instagram post. After Australia beat New Zealand in the first Test on Sunday, David Warner shared a picture with the man-of-the-match Mitchell Starc and his SRH teammate Kane Williamson on his Instagram story, and captioned it, “Welcome to the @sunrisershyd @mstarc56”. Incidentally, David Warner’s post comes a few days before the IPL 2020 auction, which is slated to take place on December 19 in Kolkata.