Who Will Replace David Warner In Australia After His Retirement? Adam Gilchrist Stuns Fans With His Shocking Revelation

David Warner has already announced that the test series against Pakistan will be his last dance in red-ball cricket and Australia will have to find a replacement for him in the longest format. Test cricket has seen a lot of fast-paced action in recent times since England cricket introduced their Bazball. Now every team tries to start a test match with an aggressive intent and try to gather as many runs with the new ball.

Adam Gilchrist shocked everyone with his pick for the player who will replace David Warner in test cricket as he named a player who is known for his white-ball prowess. Michael Vaughan asked Gilchrist about who should replace David Warner as Australia’s test opener and Vaughan himself suggested some of the better names including Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft particularly highlighting Cameron Green.

However, Adam Gilchrist shocked everyone by naming Glenn Maxwell as David Warner’s replacement in test cricket. Glenn Maxwell has played only seven test matches in his international career and averages 26 in red-ball cricket. However, Gilchrist believes that if Australia really wishes to replicate something like Bazball they can promote Glenn Maxwell as an opener in test cricket and watch him take it to another level. He suggested that Maxwell can show his own ‘Maxball’ in test cricket.

Watch- Adam Gilchrist Picks Glenn Maxwell As Australia’s New Test Opener

“Well if Australia were truly wanting to replicate Bazball which I’m gathered from Nathan Lyon’s quote last week where he said ‘it was an absolute way to s**t’. I don’t think that they are trying to replicate it but if they did, if they were gonna try and really take it on and take that England’s lead, G.Maxwell straight in, that would elevate it to a different level. I see your Bazball, now let’s see Maxball. Yeah, Uzzy (Usman Khawaja) can hold an end up if there’s any damage done but imagine Maxi just pinning the ears back right from ball one.”

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The analogy from Gilchrist is viable given that Usman Khawaja has a knack for holding one end and not throwing away his wicket whereas Maxwell is someone who will take on the bowlers right from the start. Australia can think of trying Glenn Maxwell as a test opener but his age is a big concern. Maxwell is already 35 years old and in this case, Australian team management will be looking for a long-run which means that Travis Head can be one of the options and he would be a like-for-like replacement as he is left-handed and can play aggressively.