David Warner Retires From International Cricket Following Australia's T20 World Cup 2024 Exit

Swashbuckling opener David Warner's retirement from international cricket was officially confirmed following Australia's exit from the T20 World Cup 2024 in the Super Eight stage on Monday (June 24).

Warner, who had announced his retirement from Tests and ODIs earlier this year, had announced that T20 World Cup 2024 would be his last international assignment for Australia, and for the veteran opener it did not end on a high.

Following the 24-run loss to India, Australia needed Bangladesh to beat Afghanistan in the final Super 8 match. Bangladesh almost pulled off the win, but Rashid Khan's men fought back to defend 114 and knocked Australia out of the tournament with a win.

In his last international match, Warner was dismissed for 6 off 6 balls by Arshdeep Singh with an assist from Suryakumar Yadav, who took a diving catch at first slip to send the Australian opener back into the dug out in his last international innings.

Warner has kept the door open for a potential return for next year's Champions Trophy, but that seems very unlikely with the opener having played his last ODI during Australia's triumphant 2023 campaign in India.

Warner has ended his international career in stages. He announced his final Test would be against Pakistan in early 2024, when he also had confirmed his ODI retirement, and has now brought down the curtains on his 15-year international career with T20I retirement.

The southpaw announced his arrival with 89 from 43 balls on his T20I debut against South Africa. In 110 matches he scored 3277 runs including a century against Pakistan in 2019, which made him the third Aussie to score centuries in all three formats of the game.

He retires as Australia's highest scorer and seventh-most prolific batter in the world in T20 format with 3,277 runs from 110 matches, at an average of 33.43 and strike rate of 142.47. He scored one hundred and 28 fifties in the shortest format.

From 112 Tests, he has scored 8,786 runs at an average of 44.59 with 26 hundreds and 37 fifties between 2011 and 2024. He also scored 6,932 runs from 161 ODI matches at an average of 45.30 with the help of 22 centuries and 33 half centuries.

While he has stepped away from the international game, Warner is likely to play franchise cricket for at least another year. The opening batter is reportedly close to returning to Sydney Thunder for next season's Big Bash, and could feature in other T20 leagues.

Warner, who featured for Delhi Capitals last season, is unlikely to be retained by the franchise for next season, meaning the aggressive batter could enter the mega auction for IPL 2025.