'I don’t feel any extra pressure...' - David Warner's blunt answer on his post-century celebration in 1st Test against Pakistan

The veteran Australia batter David Warner broke his silence on his signature celebration after completing his century in the first Test of the three-match series against Pakistan. Notably, Australia and Pakistan are playing this match at the Perth Stadium in Perth; it is also the last Test series of David Warner’s career as he already announced his retirement from Test cricket after this series.

Batting impressively on the first day of the opening Test at Perth, David Warner smashed 164 runs, with 16 fours and 4 sixes before getting dismissed off Aamer Jamal. His brilliant knock helped Australia to reach a total of 346 runs for the loss of 5 wickets at the time of stumps on Day 1.

"I don’t feel any extra pressure." - David Warner on his celebration

Later, Warner cleared his stance over his celebration after he completed the century, he also stated that he was in all his rights to celebrate in whichever way he wanted.

“You saw what it was – it was a nice little quiet shush. Anyone who wants to write stories about me and get headlines, that stuff doesn’t bother me,” David Warner was quoted saying by cricket.com.au. 

“It’s just the fact that I have to go out there, do what I have to do. And I’m allowed to celebrate how I want. I don’t feel any extra pressure. I don’t feel any other points I have to prove,” he added later.

Speaking of the action of the match at the end of the first day of the first Test, other than Warner’s century, his opening partner Usman Khawaja and middle-order batter Travis Head also played the knocks of 41 and 40 runs, respectively. Warner and Khawaja also stitched a brilliant partnership of 126 runs for the first wicket in 29.4 overs before the latter fell prey to Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Coming back to Warner, he was also in the headlines a few days back when the former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson questioned the former’s involvement in the Sandpaper scandal; Johnson also questioned the farewell series for Warner.