It will be the first IPL stint for the 23-year-old bowing all-rounder, who is expected to join the KKR camp before their first match on April 8.
With uncertainty looming over Smith's career, we present you a list of players who can replace him as captain in the Australian camp.
South Africa are ahead but their position is not as strong as they were hoping for after a strong start.
Starc finished with a match haul of nine for 109, enabling him to overtake South Africas new-ball bowlers Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander among others.
Starc was replaced in the Melbourne Test by Jackson Bird, who failed to take a wicket in a pace combination with Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins.
With the left-arm Starc ruled unfit for Melbourne, Jackson Bird was recalled to play his first test in a year.
As the reserve fast bowler in the Australian squad, Jackson Bird is the most likely replacement if Starc fails to recover in time for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.
The Ashes 2017 has witnessed records being scripted in the history books and Mitchell Starc's ripper to England's James Vince is the perfect example. Take a look.
Pat Cummins picked up two vital wickets to restore some confidence in Australia's pace trio after a pair of unheralded batsmen grinded through most of the opening day of the Ashes series to help England reach 196/4 at stumps.
Starc took the last three wickets in Western Australia's first innings and repeated the sequence in the second innings, leading New South Wales to victory.
The left-arm pacer ripped through the Western Australia tail, first bowling Jason Behrendorf, then trapping David Moody leg before wicket before scattering the stumps of Simon Mackin with consecutive deliveries.
Fast bowler Mitchell Starc fractured his right foot in the third Test against India in Bangalore in March and was sent home early from the tour.
After all the acrimony both on and off the field, Australian spearhead Mitchell Starc today took to Twitter to congratulate Indian skipper Virat Kohli for the series win against Australia in the just concluded Border-Gavaskar
Injured Australian spearhead Mitchell Starc today said that India is afraid of losing the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy after the first Test debacle in Pune. India and Australia have won a match each in the four-match
Former Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke on Friday said pace spearhead Mitchell Starc's injury will likely dent the preparations of the visitors as it will have a huge impact on the rest of the matches in the series against India.
In a major setback to Australia ahead of third Test against India in Ranchi, its premier pacer Mitchell Starc was today ruled out of the remaining two Tests against India with a stress fracture in his right foot.
Australia is wary of a strong comeback by Virat Kohli, pacer Mitchell Starc said today.
India vs Australia first Test at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
In a bid to focus more on Test cricket, Australian notable pacer Mitchell Starc has pulled out of the 10th season of India premier League 2017 (IPL) and won’t be a part of the IPL
Melbourne: Australia replaced injured left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc with uncapped right-arm seamer Nathan Coulter-Nile on Tuesday in their 12-man Test cricket squad to face the West Indies in the first match starting in Hobart from
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