Australian left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc has announced himself in the early stages of the IPL 2025 as his first T20 fifer destroyed the fiery SunRisers Hyderabad batting line-up and helped Delhi Capitals to record a strong win on Sunday afternoon. In this special match, Starc completed his 200 T20 wickets. 

After SRH chose to bat first in Visakhapatnam, SRH scored 163 all out in 18.4 overs. Mitchell Starc dominated the powerplay as SRH scored 58/4 in six overs. While the opener Abhishek Sharma (1) was run out in the first over, Starc dismissed Ishan Kishan (2), Nitish Kumar Reddy (0), and dangerous Travis Head (22). Aniket Verma (74) and Heinrich Klaasen (32) fought hard, but the DC bowlers ultimately controlled the innings after breaking that partnership.

Finally, Starc ended the innings with the wickets of Harshal Patel (5) and Wiaan Mulder (9) in the space of three balls, as the left-arm fast bowler and Player of the Match had the bowling figures of 3.4-0-35-5. DC later chased the target in 16 overs after losing three wickets. 

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Mitchell Starc: 2nd fastest pacer to record 200 T20 wickets 

With his fourth wicket of the match, Starc completed his 200 T20 wickets, who was playing his 144th T20 match. While he became the fifth fastest bowler (in terms of number of matches) to complete 200 T20 wickets, he is the second fastest pacer in this list. Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi holds the record for the fastest to complete 200 T20 wickets (in terms of number of matches) by achieving it in 143 T20 matches, just one match earlier than Starc. 

Fastest 200 T20 wickets (in terms of number of matches) 

Player	Number of matches to complete 200 T20 wickets
Rashid Khan	134
Saeed Ajmal	139
Sandeep Lamichhane	141
Shaheen Shah Afridi	143
Mitchell Starc	144