Former India cricketer and head coach Ravi Shastri feels Australia is missing David Warner’s attacking approach at the top of the order in the ongoing series against India.
Former India cricketer and head coach Ravi Shastri believes Australia misses David Warner’s attacking approach in the ongoing Test series against Australia. Interestingly, Warner announced his retirement from Test cricket during the third Test series game against Pakistan in Sydney earlier this year. Since his retirement, the Australians have failed to replace him, as both Steve Smith and Nathan McSweeney have been experimented at the top order.
However, none of them could replicate Warner’s magic, so Australia was forced to show faith in another youngster, Sam Konstas, ahead of the fourth Test against India in Melbourne. On Konstas’ inclusion in the Australian squad, Shastri said, “The poor form of the Australian top order forced the team management to make changes as they needed someone to play attacking cricket like Warner.”
It was coming; someone had to go from the top order because there were no punches coming from anywhere. India were allowed to bowl at them. They need someone who will take to the attack, and that’s where Australia miss David Warner in a big way. This is where Australia will realise the impact Warner had on the opposition in the decade he played,” Shastri said, as quoted by Fox Cricket.
Warner is rated among the greatest-ever opening batters to have played Test cricket for Australia. He completed his career with 8786 runs from 112 matches at an average of 44.59 with 26 hundreds and seven fifties to his name. The left-handed was, more often than not, the man who got Australia off to a rollicking start with the bat.
