Was told I was not the right skin colour: Usman Khawaja

SYDNEY: Australian batsman Usman Khawaja has said that during his initial years in his adopted country he faced a lot of challenges -- from "subtle discouragement" to "downright racism". Khwaja's family had migrated to Australia from Pakistan.

"When I was younger in Australia, the amount of time I got told I was never going to play for Australia, I'm not the right skin colour was immense. I'd get told I don't fit the team and they wouldn't pick me. That was the mentality, but now it's starting to shift," Khawaja told ESPNcricinfo.com

Khwaja, 34, has so far played 44 Tests and scored nearly 2,900 runs with a highest of 174. IANS

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