In what could be termed as an utter heart whelming gesture, Australian opener David Warner decided to gift a signed jersey to the net bowler Jaykishan Plaha, who unfortunately got a hit on his head during the nets on June 8, just a day before Australia’s clash against India.

Following the hit, Plaha – a bowler of Indian-origin – crumbled on the ground before being taken to the hospital for delayed signs of concussion. Fortunately, though, the scans revealed there’s no major damage, but Plaha was advised not to walk for two days.

“It was unfortunate, but we’re extremely grateful for the guys coming in and bowling to us,” Warner was quoted by news.com.au.

 “Obviously workloads stop us from facing our own bowlers sometimes but to come in and roll the arm over and unfortunately get hit was sad.

“It was a real shock to us but now he’s recovering he said he’s back on his feet and will be bowling in six weeks.”

Following the concussion, the training session was put on hold for as many as 20 minutes, and Warner was visibly left disturbed by the incident. But now that the bowler is doing fine, the 32-year-old decided to present him a signed ahead of Australia’s game against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Saturday.

And if you think this is the first time Warner has done something of sort, let’s remind you that he gifted his man-of-the-match award he received following his match-winning knock of 107 off 111 against Pakistan to a young fan sitting at the stand at the Taunton.

The incident took place after the post-match presentation on June 12. The 32-year-old was seen signing the autograph while on his way back to from the stadium. As he posed with the fans for the photographs, he met a young fan and decided to gift his memento to him.

"It's really awesome, it feels cool to have that (MoM Award) We were just waving the flag. He just came over and gave it to us," the young fan said. 

"We were way outnumbered by Pakistan fans, then it went quiet, then it got noisy again when Pakistan made some runs and then (Mitchell) Starc came on in the end," said the boy’s father.

Riding on the back of Warner’s ton, Australia posted a decent 307 on board and following the bowling brilliance from Pat Cummins, the Aussies emerged victorious by 41 runs.

It was Warner’s first century since his comeback from the ball-tampering saga along with Steve Smith. And he credited his success to his wife, citing that it was her who motivated him to stay on track during the tenure.

“My wife is just, she's just my rock. She's a strong woman. And she got me out of bed a lot in those sort of first sort of 12 weeks and got me back running and training hard as I could. She really nailed that into me."

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