What's changed for Khawaja since Test debut

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Australian batter Usman Khawaja says helium feels his instrumentality to the squad was each but assured, portion reflecting connected a challenging past decade.

Khawaja had mislaid a consecutive shootout with Travis Head for a spot successful the Australian mediate order, but erstwhile the second tested affirmative to COVID-19 the replacement seemed logical.

"I benignant of assumed I was in, I astir apt shouldn't, but looking astatine the squad I was evidently the reserve batsman erstwhile Heady went down and I was benignant of adjacent 1 there, waiting," Khawaja said connected Fox Cricket up of play connected time 1 astatine the SCG.

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Khawaja said helium was going retired for a nett league erstwhile (assistant coach) Andrew McDonald congratulated him connected making the side, with some men conscionable assuming what would aboriginal go confirmed.

Usman Khawaja up of the 4th Test. (Getty)

"They told maine a mates of days aboriginal (that I'd made the team), but it's a large feeling."

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Khawaja debuted successful the Ashes 11 years ago, and present returns arsenic a overmuch much mature player, having respective spells successful and retired of the nationalist team, and moving states, successful the meantime.

"What person I learned? Cricket's a bloody hard game," helium laughed.

"It's a crippled afloat of up and downs ... I emotion the information that cricket is simply a large leveller. I astir consciousness similar it teaches you astir life.

"One clip you're connected apical of the world, everything's going well, and the adjacent infinitesimal you're conscionable down and out."

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