David Warner, an incredible and well-known cricket player from Australia, has announced his retirement from ODI cricket. After Australia's next Test match against Pakistan in Sydney, the 37-year-old had previously announced that he will be completing his Test career; however, Warner has since announced that he will also be hanging up his boots in ODI cricket. The opener, though, has declared that he will remain eligible to be chosen for the Champions Trophy in 2025.
In furtherance of thinking about it earlier, Warner stated that winning the World Cup in India this year was a huge accomplishment. He spoke to media on Monday at the Sydney Cricket Ground, "I'm definitely retiring from one-day cricket as well." "That was something that I had said through the World Cup, get through that, and winning it in India, I think that's a massive achievement."
Warner would retire at 6932 runs at an average of 45.30 with 22 hundreds if he does not return for the Champions Trophy. He is second only to former captain Ricky Ponting's record of 29 centuries as the most tons for an Australian player in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). He is Australia's sixth-highest run scorer in the format. Additionally, Ponting has 205 more ODI innings than Warner.
Beyond that, Warner has won two World Cups: first in his own country in 2015 and again in India in 2023. With 345 runs in eight innings, one hundred at a strike rate of 120.20 and an average of 49.28, he was Australia's second-highest run scorer in 2015. He scored 535 runs at a strike rate of 108.29 and 48.63 in 11 games in 2023, making him Australia's top run scorer. During the competition, he had amassed two hundreds and an equal number of half-centuries. In the 2023 World Cup final in Ahmedabad against India, it was his final ODI match for Australia until an unexpected comeback in the Champions Trophy.
