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Starc picked up 14 wickets from as many matches and conceded 7.49
per over for Royal Challengers in 2014. His fitness will be tracked along with
fellow fast bowler and new recruit Adam Milne's, who had to pull out of the
World Cup with a heel problem. The team does have
fast-bowling backup, though, in the form of India's Varun Aaron and Ashok
Dinda, and Australia seamer and winner of the Bradman Young Cricketer of the
Year Sean Abbott.
Over the last 12 months, Starc has played 27 of the 37
international matches for Australia, including all of the last 14 ODIs. His
standout performance at the World Cup - 22 wickets at 10.18
and an economy of 3.5 per over - earned him the Player-of-the-Tournament award and
the No. 1 ranking in ODIs. He was backed to continue in the same vein in Tests as well,
as Australia turn their attention to overseas success - a tour of West Indies
in June and the Ashes in July being their first assignments.
