Virender Sehwag said that Australia’s David Warner still has time in him to play Test cricket and he shouldn’t retire after the ongoing Syndey Test against Pakistan. The former India opener said that Warner’s decision could be more related to his family than skills. Sehwag said this in an interview with Cricbuzz.

“I personally don’t think he should retire from Tests based on the way he’s batting. But as you age and get to 35-36, you start thinking about off-field matters, like your family and your kids. I can’t see any issue with his reflexes or fitness owing to age. I think he’s mentally decided that he doesn’t want to play Tests anymore. I’m sure he will continue playing T20 cricket for a long time to come,” Sehwag said.

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Having made his Test debut in 2011, David Warner will retire from the longer format with over 8,600 runs, 26 centuries, and 56 fiftties from 112 games. Sehwag also feels Australia will find it hard to replace Warner as well.

“I don’t think there will be another David Warner for Australia. The fact that he’s made 26 Test tons and has nearly 9000 runs after batting in the style that he has is extraordinary. How do you find someone else to do that? You might find someone who could pull it off over a handful of Tests but to do that over a 100 Tests is something else,” he said.

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“It has to be that 180 he made at the WACA against us in 2011 (2012). It was outstanding batting and he’d made the century by the tea-break and also finished the match off single-handedly by then. It was also an innings that summed up David Warner the Test batter, the ability to finish the game off like that and so quickly and what he’s gone on to achieve is very special,” Virender Sehwag concluded.