'Bro skipped IPL to play ashes and got skipped' - Fans react as Mitchell Starc gets dropped in the first Ashes Test against England

England and Australia are locking horns with each other in the first Test of the o five-match The Ashes. Meanwhile, Australia have shocked the cricket fans and experts of the game by excluding Mitchell Starc from the playing XI for the first Ashes Test against England. Other than him, Josh
Hazlewood is playing instead of Starc in the opening Test of the series.

Subsequently, a few cricket fans also took to Twitter to come up with a lot of hilarious reactions for Mitchell Starc. Some of them also took a dig at Starc as he was the only guy who wrote off the IPL participation in comparison to playing for the national side of Australia.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Bro skipped IPL to play ashes and got skipped. 😭

— Prajay Naik (@prajay_naik) June 16, 2023

He gives run with 4 eco , in a normal test...
That's below average for Bazz ball...🤣🤣🤣

— Ronak Bhai (@Ronak38689) June 16, 2023

He gives run with 4 eco , in a normal test...
That's below average for Bazz ball...🤣🤣🤣

— Ronak Bhai (@Ronak38689) June 16, 2023

How's the pitch?

— Sujal (@Sujal_Pandey07) June 16, 2023

Tough choice. Hope Boland and Hazlewood do their bit.

— Mostly Cricket (@BoliMocr) June 16, 2023

England win toss, choose to bat first and have picked up just 3 pacers + 1 spinner.

Lessons to learn for certain coaches.

— GOAT (@TheRGautam18) June 16, 2023

Pitch Looks Flat, Reverse Swing Can Come Into Play, Should Have Played Starc nd Plus He Would Have Been Handy With The Bat As Well.

— Ankit Atri (@ankit_atri_99) June 16, 2023

He can do this pic.twitter.com/tTbl8ZfpZM

— MATRIX (@ViratTo04845242) June 16, 2023

His 1st ball in the last Ashes was an iconic moment.

— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) June 16, 2023

Already knew that one. You can't leave out pat obviously.
Boland has some form so starc was unlucky here.

— Divyansh Kathotia (@imdiv_k) June 16, 2023

Speaking of the ongoing action of the match, the hosts England are batting first at the quite flat surface of the Edgbaston in Birmingham. At the time of filling this copy, the Three Lions have scored 108 runs for the loss of two wickets in 23.1 overs so far. At the time of filling this copy, Zak Crawley and Joe Root are there in the middle on the individual scores of 56 and 9 runs respectively.

Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon have scalped one wicket each for the Aussies in the first innings so far.

Here’s a look at the playing XI of Australia for the first Ashes Test:

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

Here’s a look at the playing XI of England for the first Ashes Test:

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Moeen Ali, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, and James Anderson.