Australia were ousted from the T20 World Cup 2024 after Afghanistan registered a historic win over Bangladesh in the Super Eight clash on Tuesday.

David Warner made a low-key exit from cricket after Afghanistan beat Bangladesh to knock Australia out of T20 World Cup. (Photo: X)

New Delhi: David Warner’s glorious 15-year career came to a silent end on Tuesday after Australia were knocked out of the T20 World Cup 2024 after Afghanistan registered a historic win over Bangladesh in the Super Eight clash to march into the semifinal. For the kind of player he had been for Australian cricket, he did not receive a send off that could match his stature.

Meanwhile, Australia finished at the third place in the Super 8 Group 1 table with just two points – a result which clearly did not go in their favour. The mighty Aussies tasted just one win against Bangladesh in the super eight stage and went down against India and Afghanistan in the other two clashes.

No guard of honour, standing ovation

Warner, who made his international debut in January 2009 in a T20I game, made a silent exit from cricket with the game against India, which the Aussies lost by 24 runs being his last match. For one of Australia’s greatest batters, there was no guard of honour or standing ovation as he made just 6 runs in his last game, walking off the pitch with head down and in confusion whether it was his last game or not.

Maybe the Aussies were quite confident that they would enter the knockout stage of the event and Warner would then get the perfect send-off but unfortunately, it did not happen. He played his final ODI match in the World Cup final win over India in November 2023 and his last Test against Pakistan in January. He has long signalled that this T20 World Cup would be his final tournament.

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.

Meanwhile, 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.