Australia's star fast bowler Mitchell Starc praises depth of talent in Indian cricket

Praising India's depth of talent, Australia's star fast bowler Mitchell Starc feels it's the only nation that can have three different teams playing in three different formats on the same day and still be competitive.

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"I think they are probably the only nation that can have a Test team, a one-day team and a T20 team play on the same day against Australia in the Test, England in the one-dayer and South Africa in the T20I; and India will be competitive," said Starc in a show on YouTube channel 'FanaticsTV'.

"No other country can do that," he added.

Starc also discarded the theory first brought in by his national team skipper Pat Cummins, who felt that India had an advantage of playing all their Champions Trophy matches in Dubai. Cummins had claimed India "got that obvious benefit of playing all their games there (Dubai)."

However, Starc blasted the narrative as he reminded critics that BCCI's rule bars Indian players from participating in overseas leagues, while cricketers worldwide can play in any league, which allows them to know all the conditions.

"I am not sure if it's an advantage because as cricketers we have got these opportunities to play all franchise (cricket) around the world (but) the Indian guys can only play in the IPL," Starc said.