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Mitchell Starc Age, Stats, Records, IPL Salary and Wife

Mitchell Aaron Starc is an Australian left-arm fast bowler who represents Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Born on 30 January 1990, he was 36 years old on 11 August 2026. Starc passed 400 Test wickets in his 100th Test in July 2025, owns the men's ODI World Cup record of 27 wickets in the 2019 edition and was Player of the Tournament when Australia won the 2015 World Cup. He retired from T20 internationals in September 2025 with 79 wickets from 65 matches while continuing in Tests, ODIs and franchise cricket. Delhi bought him for ₹11.75 crore before IPL 2025. Its official table lists 58 IPL matches and 76 wickets through 2026, including 11 wickets in six appearances during 2026. Wikipedia provides a secondary multi-format table dated 8 January 2026.

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Left-hand batLeft-arm fast bowlerBorn 1990-01-30

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Full nameMitchell Aaron Starc

Age36As of 2026-08-11

Date of birth1990-01-30Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Batting styleLeft-hand bat

Bowling styleLeft-arm fast

Career overview

Mitchell Starc cricket career

Mitchell Starc was born on 30 January 1990 and was 36 on the checked date.

He bowls left-arm fast, swings the new ball and is also used at the end of limited-overs innings.

He won the 2015 and 2023 ODI World Cups and Australia's first men's T20 World Cup in 2021.

He became the second Australian fast bowler to reach 400 Test wickets in July 2025.

Delhi Capitals bought him for ₹11.75 crore and retained that squad deduction for 2026.

His official IPL record through 2026 is 58 matches, 76 wickets and best figures of 5/35.

Career story

Mitchell Starc career, earnings and personal life

Who is Mitchell Starc?

Mitchell Starc is a left-arm fast bowler from New South Wales who has represented Australia in Tests, one-day internationals and T20 internationals. His best-known methods are late swing into right-handed batters, pace with the new ball and yorkers near the end of an innings. Batting is secondary, although his international record includes useful lower-order runs and a Test high score of 99.

Statistics remain separated by competition. His 76 IPL wickets are already part of his wider T20 career and must not be added to that total as if they came from a different format.

Mitchell Starc age, birthplace and bowling style

Starc was born on 30 January 1990 in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales. He was 36 on 11 August 2026. Cricket Australia and Delhi Capitals agree on his date of birth, while the English Wikipedia page supplies the fuller birthplace. The age is calculated for the checked date rather than copied from a page that may become stale after his next birthday.

He bowls left-arm fast and bats left-handed. The unusual angle from over the wicket, combined with inward swing to a right-hander, explains many of his bowled and leg-before dismissals. That description does not imply that every wicket arrives with an inswinging yorker. Starc has also taken wickets with bounce, wider lines, slower balls and changes of length across three international formats.

Early New South Wales career and international debut

Starc developed through New South Wales cricket and made his senior international debut in an ODI against India in Visakhapatnam in October 2010. His Test debut followed against New Zealand in Brisbane in December 2011. Early selection was not uninterrupted, but spells against South Africa and Sri Lanka showed the wicket-taking pace and full length that later became central to Australia's attack.

The dated Wikipedia table lists 158 first-class matches and 621 wickets by 8 January 2026. That total includes Tests and other first-class matches, so it is broader than his 433 Test wickets. The distinction matters when comparing records: a Test milestone belongs to international five-day cricket, while a first-class aggregate also includes qualifying domestic and tour matches.

2015 World Cup Player of the Tournament

Starc was Player of the Tournament at the 2015 men's ODI World Cup as Australia won the title at home. He took 22 wickets in eight matches at an average below 11. In the final against New Zealand, he bowled Brendon McCullum for zero in the opening over, removing the batter who had repeatedly given New Zealand fast starts during the competition.

The award and title are separate achievements. Australia won the tournament as a team, while Starc's individual recognition reflected his full competition. His pace, swing and economy made him effective in both opening and later spells. This profile uses the ICC tournament account for the final and does not inflate one opening wicket into the sole reason Australia became champion.

Record 27 wickets at the 2019 World Cup

At the 2019 ODI World Cup in England and Wales, Starc took 27 wickets from ten matches. The ICC described it as a tournament record, passing Glenn McGrath's 26 wickets from 2007, and selected Starc in its team of the tournament. Australia reached the semi-finals, where England ended its title defence.

The 27-wicket mark is a single-edition men's ODI World Cup record, not his total across every World Cup. Stating the exact category prevents a common biography error in which a tournament record becomes an undefined world record. It also shows repeat value: Starc followed his 2015 Player of the Tournament campaign with an even larger wicket tally four years later.

2021 T20 World Cup and 2023 ODI World Cup titles

Starc was part of the Australia team that won its first men's T20 World Cup in 2021. He later added another ODI World Cup title in India in 2023, taking 16 wickets during the competition. Those wins mean his international honours span both major limited-overs formats, alongside the 2015 ODI title.

Tournament medals should not be confused with individual statistical leadership. Starc was the standout tournament bowler in 2015 and record wicket-taker in 2019, while his 2021 and 2023 titles came through different roles and team combinations. The Cricket Australia profile and ICC records provide the relevant context without claiming that he topped every bowling table in each winning campaign.

400 Test wickets and fastest five-wicket haul

Starc reached 400 Test wickets during his 100th Test against West Indies in Jamaica in July 2025. Cricket Australia recorded him as the second Australian fast bowler to the milestone, after Glenn McGrath. He took five wickets in 15 balls during the innings and finished with career-best Test figures of 6/9 as West Indies were dismissed for 27.

The match joined longevity and speed in one performance: 100 Tests and 400 wickets are career milestones, while the five-wicket burst was a single-innings record. Wikipedia's table dated 8 January 2026 subsequently listed 105 Tests and 433 wickets. The later aggregate supersedes the milestone number without reducing the significance of the wicket that took him to 400.

T20 international retirement in 2025

Starc retired from T20 international cricket in September 2025. He finished with 79 wickets from 65 matches, including a role in Australia's 2021 title. Cricket Australia reported that the decision was intended to preserve his body and preparation for Tests, ODIs and major future events rather than signal retirement from every form of cricket.

He remained eligible for franchise T20 cricket after leaving T20Is and played for Delhi in IPL 2026. This distinction is important because international retirement and format retirement are not automatically the same. The profile therefore labels the T20I row as a completed international record while allowing the IPL and broader T20 totals to keep changing through later franchise appearances.

Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders IPL career

Starc's first IPL spell came with Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2014 and 2015. He took 14 wickets in 2014 and 20 in 2015, the latter at an economy of 6.77. After a long absence from the league, Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for ₹24.75 crore before IPL 2024, then the highest auction price recorded in the competition.

He took 17 wickets in 14 matches during Kolkata's 2024 title season. His most important late-tournament performances came in the playoffs, including Player of the Match contributions against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The large auction price created expectations, but the useful evaluation is the combination of season wickets, knockout impact and the team title rather than treating cost alone as proof of performance.

Delhi Capitals ₹11.75 crore purchase and IPL 2025

Delhi Capitals bought Starc for ₹11.75 crore at the 2025 auction from a ₹2 crore base price. The official table establishes the winning bid. He played 11 matches in 2025 and took 14 wickets, including the first five-wicket haul of his T20 career: 5/35 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Delhi named him Player of the Match for that performance.

Another defining 2025 contribution came against Rajasthan Royals. With nine required from the final over, Starc used a sequence of yorkers to force a tie, then conceded 11 in the Super Over as Delhi won. This match demonstrates death-bowling value that a season wicket total alone cannot show. It also remains separate from the 5/35, which occurred in another fixture.

Mitchell Starc IPL 2026 performances

Starc's 2026 season began late after a shoulder problem. He returned against Rajasthan Royals on 1 May, struck in his first over and finished with 3/40 as Delhi completed a 226 chase. Later in the reverse fixture, he took 4/40, including three wickets in one over, to restrict Rajasthan to 193/8. Delhi won and named him Player of the Match.

Delhi's main career table lists six matches, 11 wickets, 132 balls and 224 runs conceded for 2026. That gives an average of 20.36, economy of 10.18 and strike rate of 12.00. A smaller squad card previously showed five matches and nine wickets, but the complete table includes the later fixture and reconciles with the 58-match career aggregate, so it leads.

Mitchell Starc IPL and international stats

Through IPL 2026, Starc had 58 matches and 76 wickets, with best figures of 5/35, an average of 22.72, economy of 8.79 and strike rate of 15.51. He also held 33 catches and scored 111 runs. The five season rows add to 76 wickets: 14 in 2014, 20 in 2015, 17 in 2024, 14 in 2025 and 11 in 2026.

Wikipedia's 8 January 2026 table lists 105 Tests and 433 wickets, 130 ODIs and 247 wickets, plus the completed T20I record of 65 matches and 79 wickets. It also lists 2,478 Test runs. These are secondary dated figures and may trail a later official match. The IPL rows remain separately sourced from Delhi and are not replaced by Wikipedia's first-class or T20 aggregates.

Reading Starc's records and current role

Starc's career combines volume and high-impact peaks. Four hundred Test wickets demonstrate longevity, 27 wickets in 2019 demonstrate tournament dominance, and spells such as 6/9 or 5/35 show how quickly he can decide an innings. Those records arise in different formats and conditions, so they should not be compressed into one generic claim that he is equally dominant in every match.

In the IPL, his economy has been higher since returning in 2024 than during his 2015 season, while his strike rate has remained strong. Delhi's 2026 figures show a wicket every 12 balls but more than ten runs per over. That combination describes a wicket-taking bowler operating in high-scoring phases; it is more informative than using wickets or economy alone.

Mitchell Starc salary, net worth, wife and review

The documented IPL amounts are Kolkata's ₹24.75 crore auction purchase before 2024 and Delhi's ₹11.75 crore purchase before 2025, retained as the 2026 squad deduction. These values are franchise auction or registration figures, not audited take-home income. No source reviewed here publishes a complete, audited net-worth statement, so This profile does not convert contracts into a speculative wealth estimate.

Starc married Australian wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy in Sydney in April 2016, as reported by Cricket Australia. The profile limits personal information to that well-established public relationship. Identity, dates and records were matched across Cricket Australia, ICC, IPL, Delhi and Wikipedia. No portrait is used because exact provenance and reuse rights were not established; official current statistics override conflicting secondary figures.

Mitchell Starc records

Mitchell Starc career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

IPL career through 202658matches