David Warner‘s Test future may be a matter of some conjecture but his white-ball status remains undiminished, with the opener to captain the Delhi Capitals in the IPL.
The 36-year-old is back in India with the Australian ODI squad but his readiness for the opening clash on Friday night remains unclear despite recovering from a fractured elbow suffered during the second Test.
His absence opened the door for Travis Head to bat at the top of the order and his success, scoring 176 runs in four digs, raised some questions about Warner’s red-ball future after his early sequence failures.
Australian coach Andrew McDonald assured Warner was firmly within the plans of nationwide selectors for the World Test Championship last, towards India at The Oval in July, however that was so far as his dedication went as retirement speak loomed.
“I think you work through that conversation, and how each player finishes is always different,” McDonald stated.
“Some want to go out in a certain way, and others are OK with potentially being dropped out of sides. But at the moment Dave’s fully in our plans for the World Test Championship, he’s coming back for the one-day series, he’s recovered from his injury there, so we’ll see Dave back in Australian colours on the 17th and we’ll go from there.
“We are continually talking to our senior players with what they have coming up. Juggling the schedule that’s in front of us, we are staring down 274 days on the road – 144 for the red-ball team, 130 for the white-ball team.
“So there’s going to be some give and take within that. We have some great depth, got coverage in all areas and we are always talking to our senior players with where they are at in regards to their careers.”
Warner has declared his intention to play on in Australia’s ODI and T20 aspect till not less than the following T20 World Cup in 2024 and doubtlessly past that in franchise cricket.
He stays a favorite for IPL groups and can take over the captaincy of Delhi, the place Australian nice Ricky Ponting is coach, to exchange injured Rishabh Pant.
Captaincy within the IPL shouldn’t be new to Warner, who took the Sunrisers to the title in 2016. He has the fifth greatest report as skipper within the event, profitable 35 of the 69 matches he has been in cost.
But his lifetime captaincy ban for Australian groups stays in place, a part of the penalty for his position within the sandpaper scandal in 2018.
Source: www.news.com.au
