Starc had picked 14 wickets in 11 games for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025, before the competition paused. After that, he and fellow Australia player Jake Fraser-McGurk, who came to New Delhi along with other DC and Punjab Kings players, as well as other important stakeholders, via a bus and train trip from Dharamshala. Subsequently, Starc didn\u2019t come back for the remainder of IPL 2025, and DC failed to enter the playoffs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI\u2019m comfortable with my decision and how I felt about the whole situation and how it was handled. That\u2019s why I made my decision post-that, and my focus changed to red-ball cricket for about a week prior to coming over here. Time will tell with repercussions or how it looks with guys that didn\u2019t return.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut I\u2019ve had my questions and concerns leading into that game, and obviously we saw what happened, which played a part in my decision. There was a little bit of that to my decision around the Champions Trophy (in Pakistan). And then once the tournament was delayed you start to think about guys\u2019 preparation for the Test match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThings were handled differently for different players and different teams, the guys up in Dharamsala, the Punjab guys were part of that, and while both teams had similar experiences up there, all those guys returned for Punjab, and Jake (Fraser-McGurk) and I chose not to. So it was a very individual decision, and I\u2019m happy to live with whatever comes of that,\u201d Starc was quoted as saying by The Sydney Morning Herald on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also noted that not choosing to return back to IPL 2025 was down to extraordinary circumstances. \u201cI\u2019m still heavily committed to the Delhi group, and I\u2019m not someone that\u2019s gone into tournaments and pulled out after being picked up in an auction or whatever that looks like.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThings were handled differently for different players and different teams, the guys up in Dharamsala, the Punjab guys were part of that, and while both teams had similar experiences up there, all those guys returned for Punjab, and Jake (Fraser-McGurk) and I chose not to. So it was a very individual decision, and I\u2019m happy to live with whatever comes of that,\u201d Starc was quoted as saying by The Sydney Morning Herald on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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