‌AUS vs AFG | Twitter goes déjà vu as Johnson channels inner Starc to send Gurbaz in disbelief

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ByArijit Kundu, SportsCafe Editor

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Filling the void of an important figure on a high stage comes with immense responsibility. Spencer Johnson had the big job of replacing Mitchell Starc in the 2025 Champions Trophy and mirrored an exact delivery like him to get rid of Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the tenth match of the tournament.

Afghanistan and Australia, who shared a healthy history in the recent ICC events, were set to square off against one another for a must-win encounter. Winning the toss, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi got the opportunity to follow their winning blueprint and bat first. However, they couldn’t start the innings as expected, with Johnson capitalising on Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s lean patch and getting rid of him in the first over itself.

The left-arm pacer mixed up good length and full-pitch deliveries on the first four balls of the opening over that Gurbaz looked cautious against. Right after, the Brisbane pacer dished an in-swinging yorker at the off stump at 140 kph that the right-hander was late to jam down. The ball sneaked underneath the cue end of the blade and ricocheted onto the stumps, cleaning up Gurbaz. The wicketkeeper-batter was shattered in disbelief and the Twitterverse could relate the incident with Mitchell Starc’s iconic delivery to Ben Stokes from the history books.

 WHAT A DELIVERY!!!

Jahnson Got Him!

Very poor!

What?!

Struggle !

MAxiii!

Maxwell is Back!

Superb delivery!

Breakthrough!

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