AUS vs IND: Why did Usman Khawaja wear black armband on day one of Sydney Test?

AUS vs IND: Why did Usman Khawaja wear black armband on day one of Sydney Test?

Usman Khawaja wore a black armband on the first day of the fifth Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.

Khawaja wore the armband in respect of South African batter Ashwell Prince’s wife Melissa Prince, who passed away aged 40 three days ago after a cancer battle. He was the only member from the Australian team armband.

Khawaja and Prince are close friends since their time playing for Lancashire County side. The duo were two big recruits during the 2014 season when Lancashire was promoted to division one.

Opening the innings, Khawaja was dismissed after scoring two runs off the final ball of the day one after Australia bowled out India for 185.