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David Warner is feeling exhausted ahead of next month's Test tour of India and admits he would have preferred the night off from the Allan Border Medal this Monday to recover from a busy home summer.
Warner's hectic campaign officially came to an end on Friday night when the Brisbane Heat eliminated his Sydney Thunder from the Big Bash League finals.
Starting in August, Warner played in the white-ball series against Zimbabwe, New Zealand, England and the West Indies, in every game of Australia's T20 World Cup campaign, in each Test match of the home series against the West Indies and South Africa, and then managed six BBL games on his return to the tournament.
'It's been challenging,' Warner told reporters of his busy summer.
'I'm quite tired, exhausted.'
Warner had to fight back tears when he won the Allan Border Medal at the 2020 ceremony (pictured on the red carpet with wife Candice) - but this year he'd rather be at home
The superstar batter is 'exhausted' after a long and controversial summer of cricket in Australia and is desperate for as much rest as he can get before the Test side's tour of India
India's difficult wickets are lying in wait, as is the challenge to find consistent form with the bat following a Test summer that yielded a memorable double-century and a spate of unconvincing knocks.
The 36-year-old has five days to rest up before India, but one of his evenings will be taken up by Cricket Australia's Allan Border Medal, to be attended by the Test squad ahead of their staggered flights out.
T20I teammate Marcus Stoinis and BBL star Chris Lynn are missing the awards night to play franchise cricket overseas.
'There are a few guys who have gone to the UAE League, which aren't going to the Cricket Australia awards,' Warner said.
'From my perspective, that
