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David Warner has shocked the world cricket on the very first day of the new year. He has now announced his retirement from ODI cricket as well. Let us tell you that Warner had already announced his retirement from Test cricket. He had told that he will play his last Test against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The Sydney Test between Pakistan and Australia is going to start from January 3. Even before the start of this Test, Warner has now announced his retirement from ODI cricket as well.
With the announcement of David Warner's retirement from Test cricket, many questions have started to arise. The question is, how long will he play in other formats of cricket after leaving Tests? What will be their future in the Australian team? But, without making us wait any longer, Warner has now started answering those questions and announced his retirement from ODI cricket.
Announcing retirement in Sydney
David Warner announced his retirement from one-day cricket at a press conference in Sydney. Before his last Test, he appeared in a press conference, where he announced that he was retiring from both Tests and ODIs. This means that the World Cup final match against India will be the last ODI of David Warner's career. By the way, in this conference, Warner said another thing and that is that if the Australian team wants, they can return to the Champions Trophy in 2025.
Warner's ODI career
David Warner's ODI career spanned 14 years. After making his debut in 2009, he played his last match in ODI cricket in the year 2023. He played a total of 161 matches in his ODI career, in which he scored 6932 runs at an average of 45.30. His best score in ODIs was 179 runs. He scored 22 centuries and 33 fifties. Apart from this, Warner hit 733 fours and 130 sixes in this format of cricket. Warner is the 6th highest run-scorer for Australia in ODI cricket.
T20 cricket will continue to be played
However, after retiring from Tests and ODIs, the question arises, what will Warner do in T20Is? So he will now be available for Australia in this shortest format of cricket. Meaning, they will continue to play T20 cricket.
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