#2 David Warner - Australia
David Warner has been a live-wire on the field and an emotional being off it. The trails and tribulations he has had with the media and various run-ins with the opposition players do not diminish his batting talent as an opening batsman. Along with the batting maestro Smith, they have become the spearheads in the batting department for Australia for close to a decade now.
If we are to look past his on-field antics then he is an explosive left-handed batsman who has the ability to change the course of a Test match in a matter of a session. He scores his runs at a breakneck pace with the ability to convert his starts into big daddy hundreds. The holder of 35 international centuries, it will be a test of character for him on the field after the ban.
RECORD:74 TESTS/ 137 INNINGS/ 6363 RUNS/ 48.20 AVG/ 21 100's/ 29 50's/ HIGHEST:253
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