"Never again touring the subcontinent..." David Warner's personal entry on India

David Warner at the Boxing Day Test [Source: Associated Press]

Based on the journey of the Australian Test team after the 'sandpaper scandal', second season of 'The Test' documentary revealed details of David Warner's personal journal entry during Australia's Test tour of India 2017. 

Warner had decided that he never wanted to play in India again after a tumultuous season in the country.  Although, the left-handed batter has now stated that he believes he is in the right frame of mind to take on the challenge again. 

Australia had won the first match in Pune by 333 runs but lost two of the next three to lose the series 2-1, which induced Warner to make the following entry:

“I am done. One game to go and never again touring subcontinent. Too much stress on my mind that I don’t need.”

Warner reacts on personal journal entries

"It was more about where you are mentally and where your game is. I think I’m in a great headspace now where I can tackle that. It was one of those series where we won the first game and then we should have won in Bangalore and then it was a collapse from there. Mentally, we were exhausted." 

“We’ve got a lot to look forward to this year. We’ve got the World Cup going back there. Each IPL I’m always looking to learn and improve my game on those low and slow wickets. I think from there I worked hard on my game to adapt.” 

"It’s very difficult to get your head in the right frame of mind to perform. When you’ve got things hanging over your head for no reason whatsoever, and it could have been dealt with earlier ... I wiped that straight away and let that go as soon as we made that decision. It’s my time to contribute and give back.”

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