“Ashwin to Starc: First time ?” Twitter reacts as Australia drops Mitchell Starc from the first Test of the Ashes 2023 against England

Fans on Twitter reacted after Australia dropped Mitchell Starc from the first Test of the Ashes 2023 against England at Edgbaston. They were left amazed with the left-arm pacer sitting on the bench for the game and correlated his exclusion with R Ashwin.

Australia drops Micthell Starc for the first Ashes Test 2023 at Edgbaston

The first Test between England and Australia is currently taking place at Edgbaston. Hosts skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat first. While England already announced their XI a couple of days back, many eyeballs were raised after Australia’s XI was announced.

Australia almost fielded the same XI as they did in the final of the ICC World Test Championship. But they made just a change, bringing in Josh Hazlewood in place of Mitchell Starc. This comes as a big surprise as Starc has been at his best when he has played Ashes and while the question about Hazlewood’s place in the XI was there, not many expected him to replace the lanky left-armer.

The fight in the place was between Scott Boland and Josh Hazlewood but with the kind of display Boland has showed in the last few years, it was hard to drop him. Speaking to Micthell Starc’s exclusion, skipper Pat Cummins said that it was a tough call.

Speaking at the toss, he said: “Tough call, Starc was really good last game but good to have someone like Hazlewood come in. Tough to manage the workloads, but that is a good problem to have.”

Australia has dropped Mitchell Starc for the first Ashes Test.

Josh Hazelwood playing. pic.twitter.com/OjphcCPK8d

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 16, 2023

Here’s Australia’s XI for the first Ashes Test:

David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland

Twitter reacts as Australia drops Mitchell Starc from the first Test of the Ashes 2023 against England

As Australia dropped Mitchell Starc for the first Test of Ashes, fans on Twitter reacted to it. They have some hilarious reactions as well and also express their disappointment in him missing the game. Here are some of the reactions:

Imagine opting out from IPL just to get dropped from the test team 😞 , will miss u in this match https://t.co/GpNYgFgrES

— ＯＰ ＰＲＩＮＣE 𒍮 (@op_prince69) June 16, 2023

Unbelievable. Very bad decision. I think they should have dropped #CameronGreen and Played Mitch Starc. Mitch Starc Would Have Set the tone for entire series. #Ashes2023 #AUSvsENG #ENGvAUS https://t.co/u0H484ZTln

— Adarsh Agarwal (BLUE HEART) (@adi_1323) June 16, 2023

This is why I respect them.
You get dropped if you don’t perform irrespective of how big a player you are.
0 nonsense, 100 cricket https://t.co/tbaq6j8ZPz

— Siddhesh Kale (@Kale_Sid) June 16, 2023

Now they have dropped their match winner Starc for better option in Boland. Hamare country me Ashwin ko drop karte hi RR chalu karte. https://t.co/FDnGQJ7TLt

— Vishvajit😼 (@RutuEra7) June 16, 2023

And he skipped ipl for this 😂 https://t.co/36CwxLI5ot

— ∞ #Boehly(the©unt)Out (@VerticaIci0) June 16, 2023

@ashwinravi99 : First time? https://t.co/rLpGdmrO3h

— m (@Mvr_tweets) June 16, 2023

Australia ka Ashwin https://t.co/nAJrNKzTK6

— Whyrat Kolly (@Sami_Man69) June 16, 2023

Uh-oh, looks like Mitchell Starc didn't make the cut for the first Ashes Test. Better luck next time, mate! Josh Hazelwood is up to bat now.

— LiuLiu Explains EveryThing (@ExplainLiuLiu) June 16, 2023