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After the Border-Gavaskar series, this Australian veteran is announcing his retirement, will never represent his country again

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Border Gavaskar Series: Team India has to play a 5-match Border Gavaskar Series against Australia. For which Team India has also reached Australia.

The Australian team has been facing defeat in the Border Gavaskar series for the last decade and this time it is busy making full preparations to win the series. After the Border Gavaskar series, this star player of Australia can again decide not to play for Australia.

Usman Khawaja can retire after Border Gavaskar Series

Actually, in this article we are talking about Australia's veteran player Usman Khawaja. Seeing the increasing age of Usman Khawaja, he can take this decision. Not only Khawaja's increasing age but also his poor form can be the reason for his retirement. Khawaja has been struggling to score runs for some time, due to which he can take this decision.

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Let us tell you that Khawaja is currently 37 years old and next year Australia can give a chance to a new opener in the Ashes. Australia is looking for a new opener for the future, due to which they have given a chance to Nathan McSweeney in Border Gavaskar. Usman Khawaja performed well after returning to the Australian team again, but now for some time his form is declining.

This has been Khawaja's performance

If we look at Khawaja's performance this year, he has played 5 matches this year, in which he has scored 274 runs in 10 innings at an average of 30.44. In which he has been able to score only 1 fifty and during this time he has not been able to score any century. These figures are very poor as an opener and if his performance remains the same this year, he may have to retire after Border Gavaskar.

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