Sydney, Jan 9:┬а Australia opener David Warner, who recently retired from Test and ODI cricket, said his upcoming autobiography will make for an interesting read, though the date of publication is not set yet, and added that it will raise many eyeballs, as it will have some details on the 2018 sandpaper-gate in Cape Town. тАЬItтАЩs not potentially going to be around what I know, what others know, because then it just becomes a tit-for-tat. ItтАЩs not that kind of story. I want it to be about my journey, my upbringing. There are going to be a few things in there. You have the Joe Root saga (when he punched Root in 2013). There are so many different things in there, there are a lot of things in there. ItтАЩll be an interesting read and when the time comes we can all pick it to pieces. There are going to be a lot of things in that book that I think are going to raise some eyebrows,тАЭ said Warner to Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan on their Prairie Club Fire podcast. AUS vs WI 2024: Steve Smith Likely To Play As Opener After David WarnerтАЩs Retirement.

Talking of the happenings in the 2018 sandpaper-gate, he further said, тАЬItтАЩs something thatтАЩs been thought of. You look down the track to where we are today, it is in the past. It does keep getting brought up. ThereтАЩs been a lot of speculation, a lot of comments about it, but from me, itтАЩs about this team moving forward. ItтАЩs really important that the Australian cricket teamтАЩs in a great space, that weтАЩre playing well in all three formats. I think thatтАЩs the utmost priority. My side of the story and all that, that could be told whenever. There are going to be some things in the book that are definitely going to be related to 2018. IтАЩll have to edit a few chapters now, thereтАЩs a few more that have been added. It was 1500 pages, now itтАЩs probably 2000,тАЭ he elaborated.

While many call Warner as a modern-day great, John Buchanan, who was the Australia head coach in a successful period from 1999 to 2007, said he didnтАЩt think in that way. тАЬI donтАЩt think so. I think heтАЩs certainly performed exceptionally well throughout this career, he sits on 8000+ runs, heтАЩs played over 100 Test matches, over 160 ODIs and nearly 100 T20s. His averages are reasonable compared to all those in the various formats, his strike rate is obviously higher because of the way he plays the game. On performance base, heтАЩs right up there." Indian Cricket Fraternity Lauds Mohammed Shami Following Arjuna Award Honour.

"But greats of the game, in my opinion, are people that really do and have done something exceptional that others just canтАЩt match, so therefore you automatically go to the (Don) Bradman, (Glenn) McGraths, (Shane) Warnes, theyтАЩre the greats in my opinion. Others come close, but are just not in that category and I donтАЩt see Warner in that category,тАЭ he said on SEN Radio.

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