David Warner Hints At Retiring From T20Is To Prolong Career

Australia opener David Warner has hinted he might quit T20Is after the two T20 World Cups to be played in consecutive years. Australia will host the competition this year in October-November before India stage the competition next year. David Warner made the comments right after winning the Allan Border medal on Monday night.

Despite having a poor campaign at the Ashes where he scored only 95 runs in ten innings, David Warner beat Steve Smith and Pat Cummins to bag the prestigious award for the third time in his career. Barring the Ashes, David Warner was highly consistent for his side since returning to action at the World Cup last year after serving the one-year ban.

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He had a stunning World Cup campaign after he returned to action following the completion of his one-year ban. He finished the World Cup as the second highest run-scorer, scoring 647 runs at an average of 71.88 — one run behind Indian opener Rohit Sharma for the leading scorer of the tournament. The southpaw had a stunning home season too where he scored his first T20I century and Test triple century.

But while David Warner is going strong in all the three formats, he has made it clear he would not play in all the three formats together. The Australia star has hinted that T20I is the one format he is likely to give up in the coming days in order to prolong his career.

“I don’t have a BBL team; I took a break during this period, and that was about my body and my mind, making sure I’m getting ready for the next series that comes up,” Warner said. “If you look at T20 internationals, we’ve got back-to-back World Cups as well, that’s probably a format that could be one I’d probably drop in a few years.

“I have to look at the schedule; it’s going to be very difficult [for me] to play all three forms, and good luck to all the guys who want to keep playing that. You talk to guys like AB de Villiers and Virender Sehwag, these guys who’ve done it for a long time, it does become challenging.

“Having three young kids and my wife at home all the time, the constant travelling becomes very difficult. If it was to come down to [leaving out] one format, it would probably be the international T20s,” he added.