In January, the 37-year-old announced his retirement after playing his final Test match.
If Australia needs him for the highly anticipated five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which begins in Perth on November 22, David Warner is prepared to come out of retirement. Before declaring his retirement, the former opener played his final Test match in January.
Australia promoted Steven Smith to open alongside Usman Khawaja after Warner retired. Smith only scored 171 runs at an average of 28.5 across eight innings, so the transfer didn’t quite work out. Therefore, the team management has chosen to reinstate Smith at No. 4 for the Test series against India.
Meanwhile, Warner has an outstanding record in Australia. The left-handed batter amassed 5438 in 101 innings at an average of 57.85 and a strike rate of 72.8. “I’m always available, just got to pick up the phone,” Warner told Code Sports.
I always take myself very seriously. To be honest, I would be more than delighted to play the upcoming Shield game if they truly needed me for this series.
“I wanted to finish the game, so I did retire for the proper reasons. However, if they are in dire need of someone, I’m willing to help. I will not back down from it.
“You retired,” was Torch’s (head coach Andrew McDonald) response to my question. He probably doesn’t want me to feel satisfied when he asks, “Can you come back?”
India has won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy four times in a row, including twice in Australia. Since 1991–1992, this will be the first five-match Test series between the two teams, and there’s no doubt that the quality of cricket will be top-notch,
