Ashes 2021, Usman Khawaja: Two-and-a-half years of age was taken out like this, a century in the second innings
Australia had selected Usman Khawaja, who was out for two and a half years in the fourth Ashes Test, in the team. Khawaja scored a century in both the innings of the Sydney Test.
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Australia selected Usman Khawaja, who has been out for two and a half years, in the team for the fourth Ashes Test after middle-order batsman Travis Head was infected with Corona. Khawaja scored a century in both the innings of the Sydney Test. He scored 137 runs in Australia's first innings during the Sydney Test, while remaining unbeaten on 101 in the second innings.
Khwaja made record
Usman Khawaja played a brilliant inning in the second innings as well. Thanks to the century of 35- year-old Khawaja, Australia has set a big target of 388 runs in front of England. Khawaja played an aggressive inning of 101 runs in 138 balls in the second innings and shared a 179-run partnership with Cameron Green. With this, Usman Khawaja has become the sixth batsman in the Ashes Test to score centuries in both innings in the same Test for Australia.
In the overall Test format, he became the third batsman to score a century in both innings of the same Test at Sydney. Apart from Khawaja, Doug Walters and Ricky Ponting have scored centuries in both the innings of the same Test in Sydney.
Usman Khawaja is of Pakistani origin. Islamabad-born Usman Khawaja has also become the batsman to score the most centuries in Asian Australia. After this century innings of Usman Khawaja, his family was also seen celebrating on the stands. Usman himself became emotional after scoring a century.
Most Test centuries in Australia by players of Asian origin
8 - Usman Khawaja
6 - Sachin Tendulkar/Virat Kohli
5 - Sunil Gavaskar
4 - Colin Cowdrey/WS Laxman
Make that TWO!
Back-to-back centuries for Usman Khawaja - and he's made it look really easy!
Usman Khawaja, playing his 45th Test, has also completed his 3000 runs in Test cricket. Khawaja has so far scored 10 centuries in 79 innings in Test cricket. It is interesting that Usman Khawaja made his Test debut in 2011 against England on this ground.
