Only Ravichandran Ashwin (174), Nathan Lyon (167) and Pat Cummins (146) have taken more wickets than Starc’s 143 over the past five years.

His decision to sacrifice $10 million or so in potential IPL earnings to concentrate on international cricket has been well documented, yet hasn’t dulled his status as one of Australia’s best-ever white ball bowlers.

Starc doesn’t see himself emulating English icon Jimmy Anderson – who only retired recently aged 42 – or playing limited-overs cricket to the end.

But nor has he picked an end date, with a Champions Trophy and home Ashes series looming in the next 18 months.

“I’ve been very lucky to play three formats for a very long time,” Starc said as he launched Amazon Prime’s free same-day delivery service in Sydney.

“How long that will continue, I’m not sure. The scheduling of three formats is getting harder and harder and finding blocks of time to spend time on my body is going to take away from others.

“Tests are still definitely the pinnacle for me and I think my body will play a part in that decision whenever it gets to it. I’m not someone like Jimmy who played until he was 40-odd and had incredible skills to swing it both ways.

“I’ve never been that bowler and there’s plenty of better bowlers around the country to fill that job.

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“I’m really looking forward to this summer and I haven’t put any expiry date on anything just yet.”

Australia have not held the Border-Gavaskar trophy since 2014-15, with India prevailing on their last two tours.

Given the quality of recent clashes between the two nations – including the Test championship and World Cup finals – Starc believes the rivalry has risen to level pegging with the Ashes as the biggest in Australian cricket.

“It’s thrown it right on par with an Ashes series being [expanded to] five Tests,” Starc said. “The Border-Gavaskar doesn’t have that length of history [as the Ashes] but I think the level of competitiveness between both trophies is on par. We’re currently one and two in the Test table so there will be a bit of spice to it.”