Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes David Warner missed a chance to hold up his boots in Test cricket on the Sydney Cricket Ground earlier this yr however believes the opener is ready to make a comeback within the format. Warner’s Test future is unsure after he needed to fly again to Australia following the second Test in Delhi after struggling a concussion and fracturing his elbow. His Test kind has been a rising concern since 2022. In 14 matches, Warner has scored simply 607 runs at 26.39 which features a double-century within the Boxing Day Test in opposition to South Africa.

Despite that, Ponting believes the opener will return to a workforce that punched their ticket for the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 Final with a nine-wicket win in opposition to India in Indore and has an Ashes sequence to observe quickly after.

“I think they’ll definitely want to play him in the World Test Championship match. They have got some really big decisions to make, leading into the Ashes [in England] as well. A bit like some of the selection issues they had coming to India. They’re probably going to have similar things to think about when they get to the UK because David’s record in the UK is not as strong as it is in some other places around the world,” Ponting stated on The ICC Review.

“But I don’t think it’s the end of David Warner, I think they’ll bring him back for that one game. If he does well there, then I think he’ll probably start the Ashes and see from there,” he added.

At 36, Warner is within the twilight of his profession and Ponting, who admitted previously that he’d extended his profession longer than he ought to have, maybe understands higher than most what it is prefer to be in Warner’s sneakers proper now.

In reality, Ponting believes the most effective alternative for a becoming Test retirement has already handed for Warner.

“Look, I was on the radio a couple of days ago, back here in Australia, and I thought the absolute best time for Davey to retire if he was thinking about it at all, was after the Sydney Test match here in Australia. He’d just played his 100th Test in Melbourne and obviously got 200 in the first innings down there. And to bow out in front of his home crowd is obviously the way that every player would like to finish their careers,” stated Ponting.

“Who knows now that opportunity might not come around again for Davey, you know. That’s nearly another 12 months away,” the previous Aussie captain added.

Ponting stays hopeful Warner can rediscover his kind and provides his profession sufficient of a life to attract curtains on his personal phrases.

“Look, I’d love it if he could do that. It’d be fitting if he could do that, finish in front of his home crowd. But he’s going to have to play really well between now and then for that to happen. And in my own heart of hearts, I hope that’s the case. I think his career deserves to finish the way he wants it to. Sort of not to be dropped or tapped on the shoulder in the middle of an overseas tour and have his career end in that way. That’s why I just hope he can find it within himself to score a lot of runs between now and next summer. If he does, then next summer might be the ideal opportunity for him,” he concluded.

Warner might be in motion within the Indian Premier League (IPL), captaining the Delhi Capitals (DC). He was named the skipper for the sixteenth season of the IPL for the Delhi Capitals after common captain Rishabh Pant was dominated out after his horrific automotive crash.

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