Staff Reporter.
Delhi Capital’s Mitchell Starc has decided against returning to the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the tournament’s postponement.
The IPL will resume on Saturday after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire following days of fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Four days of drone, missile and artillery exchanges from 7 May left around 70 people, including dozens of civilians, dead on both sides of the border.
Starc’s Delhi Capitals were playing in Dharamsala when a match was abandoned because of what officials said was floodlight failure.
Dharamsala is less than 200km from the town of Jammu, where explosions were reported hours earlier the same day.
The stadium was swiftly evacuated and players including the 35-year-old Starc whisked out of the ground in the team bus.
Starc told the Delhi Capitals that he will not return, Australian media reported, freeing him up to focus on the build-up to his country’s World Test Championship final against South Africa on 11 June at Lord’s.