David Warner has been ruled out of selection for Champions Trophy 2025 by Australia’s chief selector George Bailey, considering that he has retired from all formats.

Warner, who had played his last international match at the T20 World Cup 2024, had left the doors open for participation in the Champions Trophy ‘if selected’. He had retired from the ODIs after Australia’s 2023 World Cup triumph in India.

“Our understanding is that David is retired, and [he] should be commended on what has been an incredible career across all three formats,” Bailey said. “Certainly, our planning is that he won’t be there in Pakistan.

“You never know when Bull’s joking…think he’s just stirring the pot a bit. He’s had a wonderful career, can’t celebrate it enough, and think as time goes by, his legacy of what he has done for Australia and we reflect back on that, the legend of a player is only going to continue to grow. But as far as this team goes and the journey to transition to some different players, in his case across all three formats, it’s going to be exciting.”

Warner had a decent run in his swansong event. He scored 178 runs in seven matches with an average of 29.66, scoring two half-centuries with the highest score of 56.

The Australian chief selector also spoke about the national team’s run in the T20 World Cup 2024 which saw them lose to Afghanistan and India in the Group Stage.

“Still think that T20 side, the foundation of it, is a really, really good team,” he said. “It didn’t feel like we needed to completely rip it apart and start from scratch. But it’s also a great opportunity to start to explore some other guys. Cooper’s one who hasn’t had an opportunity, [and] there’s a number of guys who have been on some tours and played one or two games but haven’t had a great deal of opportunity yet. So excited to see them get a bit more of an opportunity and start to work out how they fit into that team or into that squad.”