- David Warner will attend Shane Warne’s funeral at MCG alongside 100,000 spectators on 30th March
- Warner is yet to digest that Australia’s greatest leg spinner has passed away
- Warner had a wall poster of Shane Warne in his room and wanted to be like him in childhood
Australia’s one of the most lethal batters David Warner is vowing to attend his idol, Shane Warne’s funeral to pay final tribute to the legendary cricketer. Warne, who passed away on 4th March, was found unresponsive in his villa in Thailand and was accused of a sudden heart attack. Despite the best medical conditions provided to him, he lost his life leaving the world wrenching for him.
The ex-Australian cricketer’s funeral will take place at Australia’s biggest cricket venue, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Around 100,000 people, including the Victorian Premier, and great cricket icons are expected to join him for the last meet and greet on 30th March. The details for the tickets will be available in a short course.
According to the leg spinner’s family, he complained of chest pain before his trip to Thailand and was on the ‘only liquid’ diet for the last 14 days. The cricketer was suffering from asthma and heart problems but his death was never expected on a sudden note. Astonishingly, he mourned for the loss of his dear friend, Rod Marsh, 12 hours before his death. Marsh, the former cricketer, also died of a heart attack.
The world is yet to digest Warne has passed away, so is David. He says the news of spinner has still not sunk in. The batter earlier thought Warne’s death reports were fake and a joke. While talking to SportStar, the batsman stated,
“It still hasn’t really sunk in. When we first found out, we thought it was a joke. I will be there (for Warne’s funeral), 100 percent. It’s definitely going to be extremely emotional for everyone. There will be lots of people paying their respects,”
Warner further added Warne touched the lives of millions. The current cricketer also had a wall poster of the great Shane Warne on his wall. In his childhood, David wanted to be like him and says that one should note his legacy looking at the tributes from all across the world.
“You just look at the tributes from around the world — he has touched millions and millions of people, and from different countries. As a kid, I had his poster up on the wall. I wanted to be like Shane,”
Undoubtedly, Warne has died unrivalled. He is the highest wicket-taker for Australia in red-ball cricket with 708 scalps in 145 games. His dead body reached Australia’s Melbourne Airport wrapped in the national flag on Thursday night, directly from Bangkok airport.
