Australia vs Pakistan: Usman Khawaja wears footwear marked together with his daughters’ names in Boxing Day Take a look at | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

On the opening day of the Boxing Day Take a look at in opposition to Pakistan on Tuesday, Australia‘s opening batter Usman Khawaja wore footwear with the names of his daughters, Aisha and Ayla, written — a transfer that adopted his earlier prohibition from donning footwear that includes a press release on human rights in Gaza.
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A picture of the 37-year-old’s footwear, which went viral, displayed the taped names of his daughters on the facet throughout Day 1 of the second Take a look at in Melbourne. Khawaja, who scored 42, had sought approval from the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) to show a sticker with a black dove holding an olive department on his bat and footwear, that includes the phrases 01:UDHR, referencing Article One of many Common Declaration of Human Rights. Nonetheless, the ICC denied this request. Throughout coaching on Sunday, Khawaja had exhibited the brand on his gear.

Moreover, the ICC prevented Khawaja from sporting footwear with hand-written slogans ‘Freedom is a human proper’ and ‘All lives are equal’ within the first Take a look at in Perth, citing violations of guidelines in opposition to messages associated to politics, faith or race.
Expressing his frustration on Instagram the day earlier than the Melbourne match, Khawaja posted a message: “Merry Christmas everyone. Generally you simply gotta snort. Cya at Boxing Day!” accompanied by the hashtags #inconsistent and #doublestandards.

Within the previous week, Khawaja shared ideas on how the Israel-Hamas battle had personally impacted him.
“After I’m my Instagram and seeing harmless children, movies of them dying, passing away, that is what hit me the toughest,” he stated. “I simply think about my younger daughter in my arms … I get emotional speaking about it once more. I haven’t got any hidden agendas.”