David Warner News: Former Australian explosive batsman David Warner has got the captaincy in the Big Bash League. David Warner will be seen captaining Sydney Thunder in BBL 2024-25. Sydney has chosen Warner as its captain for the upcoming season.
About six years ago, in 2018, Cricket Australia had imposed a lifetime ban on David Warner from captaincy. Cricket Australia had given this punishment to Warner after he was found guilty of ball tampering in the Cape Town Test against South Africa.
Recently, David Warner had appealed against the ban on captaincy. He has now retired from international cricket. In such a situation, Cricket Australia ended his ban. After the ban ended, Sydney Thunder declared Warner as the captain.
On getting the captaincy of Sydney Thunder, David Warner said, “It means a lot to me to captain Sydney Thunder once again. I have been a part of this team since the beginning. Now to come back with ‘C’ in front of my name. “Feeling very good.”
Sydney Thunder full squad – David Warner (captain), Wes Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Sam Billings, Oliver Davis, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Liam Hatcher, Sam Konstas, Nick Maddison, Nathan McAndrew, Sharfan Rutherford, William Salzman. , Daniel Sams, Jason Sanga and Tanveer Sanga.
David Warner has retired from international cricket
David Warner retired from ODI cricket after the 2023 ODI World Cup. He also took retirement from T20 International after the 2024 T20 World Cup. Warner played his last Test in January this year. Although Warner had expressed his desire to play the 2025 Champions Trophy, the Chief Selector of the Australian team clearly told him that he is no longer a part of their plans.
