Mitchell Starc's wife reveals what happened at Dharamsala stadium during Pak-India clashes

Australian cricketer Mitchell Starc's wife, Alyssa Healy, shared a "scary" experience when a security concern forced her to evacuate the stadium with her children during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Dharamsala, India, on May 9, amid heightened Pakistan-India tensions.

Speaking on a podcast, Healy described, "We were sitting in the stadium in Dharamsala watching the match when suddenly the lights went out. Then rumours started spreading that we might need to evacuate the stadium."

She explained that initially, someone came and advised them to leave immediately. "I thought it might be safer to wait and let the crowd leave first, as there were a lot of people rushing out. But then another person came, grabbed one of my kids, and insisted we leave right away. We had no idea what was going on."

Healy said they were taken to a room where all the players had gathered. "I asked Mitchell what was happening. He said a missile had hit a city 60 kilometres away, and the area was under complete blackout."

She added, "We were quickly put into vans and driven back to the hotel. Everyone was getting into the vans in a hurry and leaving as fast as possible."

A video of a frightened foreign cheerleader from Dharamsala Stadium also went viral. In the video, she is heard expressing fear during the blackout and evacuation amid the rising tensions between India and Pakistan.

"So basically, the whole stadium in the middle of the match was evacuated, and it was very scary. Everyone was screaming, and it was very scary; it's still very, very scary. We really want to leave Dharamsala, and I hope the IPL people will look after us. So yeah, this is very, very scary. I don't know why I'm not crying. I think I'm still in shock," she said.

Reports state that the match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings was called off as authorities evacuated the stadium during the blackout. However, media outlets report that the outage was caused by a technical failure.

Alyssa is an Australian cricketer who plays for and captains the Australian women's national team