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The Fact That I Am Playing In Pakistan Is Special, Very Special: Usman Khawaja

By AFP News February 28, 2022 • 15:59 PM View: 1922

Australia opening batsman Usman Khawaja admitted that playing in Pakistan will be "special" as he returned to the country of his birth for the first time as an international cricketer.

Khawaja, 36, was born to Pakistani parents in Islamabad before moving to Australia four years later and became the first Muslim cricketer to don the baggy green cap.

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