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Australian opener David Warner, on Friday, February 9, confirmed his retirement from T20 format. The veteran of the game, who retired from Tests and ODI recently, revealed that he will call off the curtains in the shortest format of the game after the T20 World Cup 2024, set to be co-hosted in West Indies and the USA.
The 37-year-old, who featured in the first T20I of the three-match series against West Indies at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Friday, played a match-winning inning of 36-ball 70 to help the hosts go 1-0 up in the series. However, speaking on the sidelines of his 100th T20I appearance, Warner also confirmed his retirement from T20Is.
“Pleasing to get the win on the board. Was a nice wicket to bat on and you have to make the most of those. Feel great and refreshed, I’m pumped. I want to play the T20 World Cup and finish there and it’s a good journey we’ve got going for the next six months. Pretty much the same squad going to New Zealand so it’s important we win there as well,” Warner said after his match-winning knock against West India in first T20I.
Reckoned as one of the greatest all-format players, Warner retired from Test cricket with a home series against Pakistan, finishing by hitting a century and a half-century to his name. Moreover, after the completion of the Test series, Warner even called out his 50-over career with his last appearance coming at the ODI World Cup 2023 in India against India.
Speaking of his numbers, while the veteran opener added 8786 runs from 205 innings in Tests, he has amassed 6932 runs from 159 innings in ODIs with an average of 45.30 and a strike rate of 97.26. Talking of T20Is, Warner has scored 2964 runs from 100 matches with his highest score being 100*.
Australia will next take on West Indies in the second T20I of the three-match series at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on Sunday, 11 February at 1:30 p.m. IST.
