Michael Clarke takes dig after former Australia pacer slams David Warner

David Warner is one of the best openers in world cricket. The left-handed batter is known for his aggressive approach at the start of the innings. Warner has decided to retire from the longest format of the game in January 2024. The batter has been in poor form in Test cricket and he is verge of ending his red-ball career in the upcoming Test series against Pakistan. The 37-year-old opener was involved in the ‘Sandpaper Gate’ scandal and he was banned from all forms of cricket for a year and has a lifetime ban for any kind of captaincy role. 

2015 ODI World Cup winner Mitchell Johnson has lashed out at Cricket Australia slamming them for providing a "hero's send-off" in Sydney 2024. He believes that the SouthPaw should not be given a farewell due to his scandalous incident. Johnson slammed the chief selector of George Bailey for organising a farewell for the star opener. 

Usman Khawaja the opening partner of Warner in red-ball cricket previously backed the batter and believed that the Southpaw and former skipper Steve Smith had served their bans for the scandal and have compensated for the same. Warner was banned for a year and had a lifetime ban from all leadership roles in cricket. Former World Cup-winning skipper Michael Clarke has now shared his views over the comments of Johnson. 

They had beef against one another when we played: Michael Clarke

Clarke while speaking on Big Sports Breakfast Show,  "In every sporting team, not everybody gets on. Not everyone is best friends. Dave is a strong character, Mitch is a strong character, (they) went hard at each other in the nets. I saw that but I couldn't sit here and say they had beef against one another when we played. Yeah, maybe I've missed something here as Mitch hasn't played for years now so maybe there is beef, I don't know."

He further added, "When you're in a role like this as if you have an opinion and it's based on what's best for the team, or your experience, then go with that. But it should never be personal. I try not to make it personal and if it comes across that way you try and apologise for that because you don't want that."