Starc expresses displeasure at being dropped for World Cup game against Afg

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc has expressed his displeasure at being dropped for the crucial T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eights match against Afghanistan in the Caribbean saying he was not one bit amused by the team managements decisionThe 2021 T20 World Cup champions suffered a shocking 21run loss to Afghanistan which dealt a massive blow to Australias chances of entering the T20 World Cup 2024 semifinalsAustralia had replaced Starc with Ashton Agar for the match but the leftarm spinner despite tying down the Afghanistan batters could not take any wicketsNo two World Cups in a row Starc was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald on Willow Talk podcast when quizzed about his omission and whether he was amused by the decisionJust the matchup they team management saw previous games on that ground in St Vincent with spin playing a part and obviously Ash Ashton and the leftarmer enticing them to make a change he addedThis was the second occasion in a row where the Australian pacer was dropped for a T20 World Cup match against Afghanistan with the previous one being in Adelaide in 2022 where also the hosts failed to reach the last four stageAlso ReadExpacer Colin Croft disgusted with West Indies at LordrsquosAgar and the two Australian pace spearheads Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins were unable to break the partnership between openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran who ended up making 118 runsI think Ash bowled pretty well in the powerplay They probably played the spin quite well and batting first probably assessed the conditions a little bit better than we did and had a couple of stumbles that in the end cost us the game said StarcIt was probably the fielding that cost us again that game That meant we had to win against India and we fell short there as wellAustralia then went on to lose to India in Super Eights and were later eliminated from the competitionStarc also expressed his displeasure with the scheduling of the tournament and pre seeding that saw them advance to the pre determined group despite topping the group stageWe finished ahead of England in the group stage and end up where we were preseeded as the second side All of a sudden youre in a different groupThe argument was it was because it was so hard to get around the West Indies so fans knew where your team was playingSo then why dont you have the chockablock tournament at the front and then spread it out at the back end We had the two night games and the third was a day game so it wasnt the best preparation We had a delayed flight out of St Vincent it was a 90minute drive from the airport to the hotel in St Lucia and then we had a 10 oclock tossHe added that the travelling between venues in the West Indies is always difficultI think that was probably maybe a misread by organisers the fact that the front half of the tournament was more spread out and then you hit the super eights and travel around the West Indies is probably not the easiest thing to do certainly not to travel home fromWith agency inputs