Explosive Australian opener David Warner talked about his groin injury and admitted that playing against India, despite have to pain, in the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was not the right decision as it resulted in a lengthy rehabilitation period for him.
The swashbuckling Australian opener David Warner while playing the ODI series against India last year suffered a groin strain as a result of which he was ruled out of the T20I series and first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
Despite not fully recovering from a groin injury, Warner returned for the last two Tests against India. He was clearly not 100 percent and it hampered his performance too as he returned with scores of 5, 13, 1, and 48 in four innings he played.
While talking about the same, David Warner said that he made the call to help his team and added that it not the right decision as it put him back a bit.
"I made the call to play those Test matches, felt like I needed to be out there and help the guys. Looking back in hindsight I probably wouldn't have done that, where I am with the injury it put me back a little bit," David Warner told ESPNCricinfo.
Warner said that his decision of playing despite having pain was best for the team.
"If I'm thinking about myself I probably would have said no, but I did what I felt was best for the team and me being out there opening the batting was I felt the best thing for the team," he said.
David Warner, 34, said that he is solely focused on the 2023 ODI World Cup and is looking to stay fit to enjoy as much cricket as possible
"I'm not thinking about the end date at all, for me it's about the 2023 World Cup. Then obviously it's a given that you have to call it time unless you are going to play to 41 - it's time for the new guys to come through.
"From a Test cricket point of view, I'd love to play as long as I can. We've got a lot of cricket coming up in that context after this year so for me, it's about staying fit and healthy and trying to manage my family time with cricket," he concluded.
David Warner will be returning to action this week for New South Wales and will feature first in the one-day competition followed by the Sheffield Shield game against South Australia.
(PTI inputs)
