Mitchell Starc will feature the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the first time in 8 years. Also Pat Cummins is back after missing the last season citing jam packed international schedule. Starc will play for Kolkata Knight Riders, while Cummins is the skipper of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Cummins said it'll be weird to see Starc in the other dugout.

Starc broke all the previous records of IPL as KKR bought him for INR 24.75 crores, and Cummins was bought by SRH for INR 20.50 crores. And also Cummins took the reins of SRH. Both of them shattered all the previous records of IPL.

"I will say this. Hopefully I don't have to face Starc because that means our batters have done quite well," Cummins said at a press conference a day off from the game. "It's funny… it's one of the beauties of the IPL; I have been playing with Starcy for 15 years, [and] I can't remember another game where I have played against him. Also it's going to be weird looking across and seeing him in the other dugout."

But there's that big salary to live up to. "Yeah, being an opposition captain, seeing how we go about playing him will be an interesting part of tomorrow. But we're both bowlers, so I am not sure we'll cross [paths] too much."

"It's got its challenges," he elaborated. "In that you play 14 games in six-seven weeks, plus finals. I'm used to playing a lot of Test cricket, so four overs isn't as taxing on your body. But it can be mentally taxing, the travel, obviously a different country, play a new team every few days you have to prepare for… But it's nothing new, we've done it before. Obviously, the game day is most important. That's what we put most days into. No teams play the same XI for all 14 games. I am sure we've got to call on our squad and we're lucky we've got a young, fit squad."

The two team mates of Australia will face off each other today at Eden Gardens.