Australia captain Pat Cummins has lauded veteran opening batter David Warner for his distinctive batting performance on the World Cup. The males in yellow gained the trophy for the sixth time earlier this month beating India in the ultimate and Warner performed an important position for them opening the innings.
The left-hander is about to retire from Test cricket in Sydney after the third and last Test towards Pakistan in January 2024. Warner was criticised so much earlier than the World Cup for his poor type however come the mega occasion, the southpaw stepped up huge time for his facet amassing 535 runs in 11 innings at a strike-rate of 108.30.Â
“It can’t hurt, any player is better when they are going in with confidence into games. Thought he was brilliant in this World Cup like he has been in white ball for a long time. He wasn’t just playing for himself out there, he’d take the game on, be brave, really put it back on the opposition. Think he’s hitting the ball beautifully at the moment,” Cummins stated whereas talking to the reporters in Sydney.
As far as Warner retiring from Tests is worried, Cummins termed the opener as one of many greats to have performed for Australia. “He’s a great of our game in all formats. So no doubt that’s (farewell plan) part of it. First and foremost you think of the performance side of things when you are picking a side,” the Aussie skipper.
Even although Australia shall be in motion right now in the third T20I towards India, most of their World Cup winners are resting and shall be again on the sphere subsequent month from December in the primary Test towards Pakistan in Perth.
