IN PHOTOS | AUS vs BAN 2nd Test: Mitchell Starc achieves huge feat in World Test Championship history
Updated On: 24 August, 2026 12:52 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar
In the second Test match against Bangladesh, Australia's Mitchell Starc achieved a new feat. Here's all you need to know about it (Pics: X)


In the second Test match against Bangladesh, Australia emerged victorious by an innings and 51 runs at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in the Queensland city of Mackay, and it was Mitchell Starc's performance that stood out (Pic: X/@cricketcomau)

In Bangladesh's first innings, the Australian star pacer bagged six wickets for just 12 runs in 10 overs. Later in the second innings, the pacer claimed four wickets by conceding 39 runs in 10 overs (Pic: X/@ICC)

With this, Starc surpassed skipper Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon to become the leading wicket-taker in ICC World Test Championship (WTC) history (Pic: X/@ICC)

Now being the leading wicket-taker in the WTC, he has 234 wickets at an average of 24.25, with 11 four-fers and eight five-wicket hauls to his name, with best figures of seven wickets for 58 runs (Pic: X/@ICC)

He has left behind his Australian teammates, who each have 228 wickets to their names. The Aussie trio are the only ones to get 200 or more wickets in WTC history (Pic: X/@ICC)
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