Justin Langer's heated confrontation with out-of-favour Usman Khawaja shocks Australia

In last decade, Usman Khawaja has been one of Australian cricket's biggest finds with batsman demonstrating a great talent for both Tests and shorter format in cricket. While Khawaja is currently out of Test side, docu-series  Test is set to take viewers on a journey through Usman Khawaja's career and temperament during testing times that Australian cricket faced in 2018. Here is an account of some intense moments between coach Justin Langer and top-order batsman Usman Khawaja.

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Usman Khawaja honestly confronts Justin Langer

As reported by Wide World of Sports,  incidents between Justin Langer and Usman Khawaja occured in October 2018 when Australia were about to face Pakistan in ir first Test series since ball-tampering scandal at Newlands, earlier that year. Under new head coach, Justin Langer, Australian team was working on batting collapses that it had been going through in matches it had played. Langer instructed batsmen to swap nets every time y got out in practice and Usman Khawaja was t particularly happy about this directive.

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In documentary, Usman Khawaja can be seen confronting Justin Langer and telling him how net sessions seem to revolve more around t getting out than getting better. Langer n retorts back at Khawaja and tells him that t getting out is focus of moment since team has had 20 batting collapses in last 20 matches. Khawaja n adds that training style does t suit his personal style. Speaking about confrontation later, Khawaja speaks about how his motivation usually comes from inside and how he does t like people telling him what to do. Langer, on or hand, did t hold any grudges against Khawaja and revealed how batsman's truthfulness has earned him his respect. This Test match was also Test in which future superstar Marnus Labuschagne made his Test debut.

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entire confrontation and Australian team's journey will soon be released on Amazon Prime Video. team will w step into action during Australia vs New Zealand 1st ODI on March 13. AUS vs NZ Live streaming can be done on Hotstar and live broadcast will be available on Star Sports Network.

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