Usman Khawaja shook off his poor form with an emphatic maiden Test double century in Australia's first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. In doing so, the 38-year-old has become the oldest Australian in 77 years to score a Test double century.

Galle: Usman Khawaja etched his name alongside the legendary Donald Bradman by becoming only the second Australian aged over 38 to score a Test double-century. The Aussie opener Khawaja struck his maiden double hundred in Test cricket on day two of the first Test against Sri Lanka here on Thursday.

Usman Khawaja had the time of his life with the bat in the first Test against Sri Lanka notching up his maiden double century. In the process, he also broke Sachin Tendulkar's long-standing record in the island nation before being dismissed for 232 runs.

Usman Khawaja scored an impressive double century in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle. Chankesh Rao Updated : Jan 30, 2025, 03:42 PM IST In the first Test match against Sri Lanka, Usman Khawaja scored his first double century,

Khawaja joins Donald Bradman as the only two Australians over the age of 38 to hit a double century. It was a slightly smaller Galle crowd to the one that attended day one to see Steve Smith pass 10,000 runs, but the punters nevertheless rose to applaud Khawaja’s double-century under the historic city’s clearest skies of the week.

Usman Khawaja scored his first Test double century, taking Australia to a strong position of 475-3 in the first Test against Sri Lanka. Khawaja and St

Usman Khawaja becomes the first Australian batter to score a double century in Australia. While centuries from Steve Smith and Josh Inglis put Australia in a commanding position in the Galle test. WION's Esha Hanspal gets you the details.

Usman Khawaja became the first Australian to hit a double century in Sri Lanka during 1st Test match in Galle.