Big Bash League is currently being played in Australia. A strange incident happened during this tournament. Actually, the league team Sydney Thunders took a big decision. Seeing the problem of injured players, he included his assistant coach Daniel Christian in the squad. Daniel Christian is a former Australian player, who now works as a coach. But he came out of retirement to help the team. In such a situation, he also got a chance to play in the match played against Brisbane Heat, where he played a brilliant innings.

The coach held the bat and played a stormy innings

Daniel Christian performed amazingly in the match played against Brisbane Heat. At one time his team was struggling to score runs and it seemed that it would not be able to put a big score on the board. But Daniel Christian, batting at number 9, scored important runs for his team and played an unbeaten innings. Facing 15 balls, he scored unbeaten 23 runs. Daniel Christian scored these runs at a strike rate of 153.33, which also included 2 sixes.

Dan Christian!

The 41-year-old has just smashed this Xavier Bartlett delivery 92 metres! #BBL14 pic.twitter.com/ZgbVIt9yeC

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 6, 2025

Let us tell you, due to this strong innings of Daniel Christian, Sydney Thunders team, batting first in this match, managed to score 173 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Daniel Christian, team captain David Warner also played a good innings. David Warner scored 50 runs in 36 balls at a strike rate of 138.88, which included 7 fours. Let us tell you, David Warner has also retired from international cricket and now plays only league cricket.

Daniel Christian retired in the year 2023

Let us tell you, Daniel Christian had announced his retirement in the beginning of the year 2023. At that time, Big Bash League was his last professional cricket tournament. Daniel Christian has played more than 400 T20 matches in his career. At the same time, he got a chance to play 20 ODI and 23 T20 matches for Australia. In ODI, he scored 273 runs and also took 20 wickets. At the same time, in T20 for Australia, he scored 118 runs and also took 13 wickets.