Tim David Has No Immediate Plans Of Returning To ODIs

Australia batter Tim David is currently nursing a hamstring injury that he picked up during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, where he played a key role in Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) maiden title triumph. However, he picked up a hamstring injury during the tournament and missed the playoffs, including the final.

However, David is eyeing a return to the Australian side for the T20 Internationals (T20I) against the West Indies. With the One-Day International (ODI) retirements of Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis, David was expected to play the role of a finisher in the 50-over format as well. But the 29-year-old is in no hurry to make the switch and, for now, is only focused on doing his job in T20Is.

"Definitely having conversations in the background with my coaches, and people that I want to talk to about my game at the moment," David said on July 8 (Tuesday), according to ESPNCricinfo. 

"I'm not too sure, to be honest. It's not the immediate plan. We've got such a busy year, to be honest, leading up to this T20 World Cup. The winter actually looks quite different for me this year. Previously, I would have been away for four or five months in a row over the winter playing competitions. And now we've got so many T20 series that there's not much time to think about much else. So we'll see how that develops. But, at the moment, no plans."

David played the last of his 20 List-A matches in the ODI series against South Africa in 2023.

David, who has signed up to play for two more seasons with the Hobart Hurricanes, was expected to return to competitive action in the Global Super League (GSL) in the Caribbean, but his rehab has taken longer than expected.

"Initially, that was the plan, especially once the Hurricanes had a team in the GSL," David said. 

"Unfortunately, the injury and just the nature of it [meant it] was going to be a pretty tight time schedule. And I've probably got a couple of things that I need to tick off with the CA guys when I get over to Jamaica just before they're fully comfortable, but I'm feeling confident. And unfortunately, just the timeframe of what those recoveries look like, it was tough for me to get up [for the GSL]."

Australia have a busy schedule ahead of them before the T20 World Cup next year. After the five T20Is against West Indies, starting July 20, they will return home to play three more T20Is against South Africa. He will give The Hundred a miss this year as it will clash with the South Africa series but will play his part for the St Lucia Kings in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).