Barred from playing for Australia since his involvement in the ball-tampering saga, David Warner has tried to fill the void of baggy green with some quality time alongside his wife and two little daughters. 

The explosive left-hander has played in T20 leagues across USA, Caribbean and Bangladesh but only the family could heal that pain he carries on being suspended for 12 months by Cricket Australia(CA). 

"It's tough when you are not playing. But, for me, the reality is there is lot more to life than just cricket. We live in a bubble. For us, there is lot of stuff like we are always on a routine," Warner told Cricbuzz on the sidelines of Sylhet Sixers' Bangladesh Premier League(BPL) encounter, "You go to training, then you play cricket, you return and go to sleep, you get back up in the morning again, you pack your bag, you fly for the next destination and you get back at it again. I am doing that for the last six to seven years for all three formats. You got time to reflect and refresh."

"For me, the most important thing is that I spent a lot of time with my family which meant a lot to me. They play a significant role in what I do. The sacrifices of my wife and my children for me to allow me to play the game of cricket, the game that I love, helped me massively in the last 10 months." 

"I am back in the park playing franchise cricket and I am getting good experience and exposure to different conditions around the world. It's great that you are a part of that and there are world class players playing in this tournament."

When asked whether he misses his Australian teammate, Warner replied, "I miss everyone. You are always going to miss people. That is what is great about franchise cricket. You create different friendships and that's bringing team harmony and environment."

The 32-year-old also intimated an update on the elbow injury that he recently sustained and said, "It didn't happen yesterday (elbow injury). It is something that flared up and I have got fluid in my joint. For now, I have got to go home and assess and see how it goes. It was like a niggle and all of a sudden fluid just came into my joint."

"It's just a flare up of something unknown and so I have to go home and assess and see what I have to do as a precaution because I have done everything here. I have iced it and taken anti-inflammatory (injections), and it just seems like the swelling isn't going down."

Warner refrained for commenting on how different things could've been if he and Steve Smith were available to play during the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy that saw India's maiden Test series triumph in Australia. But he praised Virat Kohli's men and didn't take any credit away from them for the historic victory. 

"I can't say what would have happened if I and Smith were there because we were not there. I can only judge the way India were playing because they played very well," Warner further said, "They outplayed us. Tim Paine said it could have gone either way with the series scoreline. (I) couldn't get to watch too much of it at home because I was busy. But of what I saw, India played well."

"Obviously, Australia did not bat as well as they would have liked. And with the bowling, they didn't take early wickets and India went top of that. The credit goes to the way Pujara batted because he pretty much won the series for India. He batted so well. He had the temperament to bat the whole game. He batted 300 to 400 balls every time he batted and that is his gameplan. He was the difference and the bowlers were fantastic."