October 18, 2025—Australia’s much-anticipated five-match ODI series against India has been thrown into disarray, with star left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc ruled out of the entire tour due to a stress fracture in his left foot, a crushing injury revealed by Cricket Australia (CA) on October 17, 2025, mere days before the opener at the Gabba in Brisbane on October 22. The 35-year-old, Australia’s all-time leading ODI wicket-taker with 203 scalps at an average of 25.41,