AUS vs PAK 1st Test: Australian opener David Warner has silenced all his critics by scoring a century in his last Test match against Pakistan at the Perth Stadium. Before this, there was a lot of controversy regarding Warner playing in the last test match, some people also criticized it, one of whom was Mitchell Johnson. Former Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, while targeting Warner, had said that no player should have the right to choose his farewell test and given the form Warner was in in the test, whether he should be selected for the team or not. This should be discussed thoroughly.
In the Test match being held in Perth, David Warner showed an aggressive attitude from the beginning and thrashed the Pakistani bowlers fiercely. David Warner completed his century in 125 balls by hitting a four off Aamer Jamal and celebrated it in his familiar style by jumping while running.
David Warner passed Inzamam-ul-Haq and equaled Gary Sobers
For your information, let us tell you that this is David Warner’s 26th century in test career. In the list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries in Test career, David Warner has left behind Pakistan’s Inzamam-ul-Haq, who has 25 centuries in Test cricket. Along with this, he also equaled Gary Sobers, who has scored 26 Test centuries.
The world record for the most centuries in Test cricket is held in the name of the God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar, he has scored 51 Test centuries in his entire career. Now Warner has come to eighth place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most Test centuries for Australia.
Australia’s Ricky Ponting (41), Steve Smith (32), Steve Waugh (32), Matthew Hayden (30), Don Bradman (29), Michael Clarke (28) and Allan Border (27) have more Test centuries than Warner.
Warner is now the second among active players with the most international centuries
If we talk about current players, Warner has now come second in terms of most international centuries. Ahead of David Warner in this list is Virat Kohli who has scored 80 international centuries. This is David Warner’s 49th international century.
After this comes Joe Root who has scored a total of 46 international centuries, then comes Rohit Sharma who has scored 45, Steven Smith has 44 tons, and Kane Williamson has scored 42 international centuries.
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