David Warner silently quits international cricket after Australia’s ouster from T20 World Cup | Cricket News

Australia were ousted from the 2024 T20 World Cup after Afghanistan recorded a historic victory against Bangladesh in the Super Eight clash on Tuesday.

David Warner made a quiet exit from cricket after Afghanistan beat Bangladesh to knock Australia out of the T20 World Cup. (Photo: X)

New Delhi: David Warner’s glorious 15-year career came to an end on Tuesday after Australia were knocked out of the 2024 T20 World Cup after Afghanistan recorded a historic victory over Bangladesh in the Super Eight clash to qualify for the semi-final. For the kind of player he had been for Australian cricket, he did not receive a send-off that matched his stature.

Meanwhile, Australia finished in third place in the Super 8 Group 1 table with just two points – a result which clearly did not go in their favour. The mighty Australians managed just one victory against Bangladesh in the super eights stage and lost to India and Afghanistan in the other two clashes.

No guard of honor, standing ovation

Warner, who made his international debut in January 2009 in a T20I match, made a quiet exit from cricket with the match against India, which the Australians lost by 24 runs, being his last match. For one of Australia’s greatest hitters, there was no guard of honor or standing ovation as he managed just 6 runs in his last game, walking off the field with his head down and not knowing whether it was his last match or not.

Perhaps the Australians were confident that they would enter the knockout stage of the event and Warner would then get a perfect farewell, but unfortunately that didn’t happen. He played his last ODI match in the World Cup final victory against India in November 2023 and his last Test against Pakistan in January. He has long signaled that this T20 World Cup would be his last tournament.

He retires as Australia’s highest scorer and the world’s seventh most prolific batter in the T20 format with 3,277 runs in 110 matches, at an average of 33.43 and a strike rate of 142.47. He has scored one hundred and 28 fifties in the shortest format. In 112 Tests, he has scored 8,786 runs at an average of 44.59 with 26 hundreds and 37 fifties between 2011 and 2024.

During this time, he also scored 6,932 runs in 161 ODI matches at an average of 45.30 with the help of 22 centuries and 33 half-centuries.