Personal
Name | Usman Khawaja |
Full Name | Usman Tariq Khawaja |
Country | Australia |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | December 18, 1986 |
Social
Place of Birth | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Nickname | Usie, Uzzie |
Father's Name | Tariq Khawaja |
Mother's Name | Fozia Tariq |
Partner/Spouse' Name | Rachel McLellan |
Sport Profile
Sport | |
Discipline | Men's Cricket |
Active/Retired | Active |
Role | Left- hand Top-Order Batsman/Right-arm medium Bowler |
Level | National, International |
Teams | Australia, Australia A, Australia Under-19s, Australian Institute of Sports, Derbyshire, Lancashire, New South Wales, Queensland, Rising Pune Supergiants, Sydney Thunder, Valley District Cricket Club |
Profile | Usman Tariq Khawaja is an Australian International cricketer, who plays for the all three formats of the game since 2011. Usman Khawaja represents both Australia and Queensland teams at the domestic level. He is a left-handed top-order batsman in the national team and has started his Cricket career with New South Wales Blues team in 2008. Usman Khawaja was born in 1986 in Islamabad of Pakistan but moved to Australia after a few years later. He has started his cricket career as a toddler with his undeniable batting skills and joins the U-19 Cricket World Cup from Australian side as an opening batsman. This left-handed cricketer has got his first chance to represents the Australian national team at the international level in 2011. Injury of the former Australian captain and Top order batsman Ricky Ponting gave Usman a golden opportunity to prove that his quality belongs to international cricket. Once he was introduced to the international field of cricket, Usman has made himself a regular member of the national team with his performances. He is also a qualified pilot, apart from being a wonderful Australian batsman. This talented 32 years old Australian batsman remained unsold in the IPL 2019 tournament but was named in the squad of ICC World Cup 2019 successfully (as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh) (Profile Image from Facebook) |
Career Information | Debut Test Match: at SCG Stadium Vs England on 3rd of October in 2011 Debut ODI Match: at Melbourne Cricket Ground Vs Sri Lanka on 11th of January in 2013 Debut T20I Match: at SCG Stadium Vs India on 31st of January in 2016 Debut IPL Match: at Feroz Shah Kotla Vs Delhi Daredevils with Rising Pune Supergiant on 5th of May 2016 Batting Career:
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