Usman Khawaja Century: Usman Khawaja ended his 14 years of exile, and scored a wonderful century against Sri Lanka.

Usman Khawaja was craving for every run against Team India but now this player is back in form once again. Usman Khawaja scored a brilliant century in the first Test against Sri Lanka. This left-handed batsman achieved this feat for the 16th time in his Test career. Now he is just one century behind Australia's legendary wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, who had 17 Test centuries to his name. By the way, Usman Khawaja has also ended his 14 years of exile by scoring this century. Let us tell you what the matter is actually?
Usman Khawaja's century
Scoring a century in the Galle Test is very special for Usman Khawaja because this is the first time this player has scored a Test century on Sri Lankan soil. Khawaja played the second series of his Test career against Sri Lanka in 2011 but he was never able to score a century on Sri Lankan soil. Now this player has scored a Test century in Sri Lanka after 14 years.
Usman Khawaja brings up his 16th Test match century!
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 29, 2025
A quality innings in Galle, coming from 135 deliveries to get Australia off to the perfect start in the series 🙌 pic.twitter.com/1TlGn3m3JP
Scored a century after 591 days
Usman Khawaja was out of form for a long time. He scored his last century on 17 June 2023. That century of Khawaja came in the Birmingham Test against England. Now after 591 days, Khawaja has scored a Test century. This 38-year-old player was also a flop in the Test series against India, after which there were talks of dropping him from the team. In the Test series against India, he was able to score only 184 runs in 5 matches. His batting average was only 20.44. Earlier in the Test series against New Zealand, he could score only 88 runs at an average of 22. Now if Khawaja had failed against Sri Lanka too, he could have been dropped from the team, but this player has shut the mouths of his critics by scoring a century.
Usman Khawaja's Test career
Usman Khawaja is the first Muslim player to play Test cricket for Australia. This player has played 79 Tests so far in which he has scored more than 5700 Test runs. Khawaja has scored 16 centuries and 27 half-centuries. Khawaja's best score is 195 runs not out.