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Usman Khawaja 200:<\/strong> Australian opening batter Usman Khawaja made history in the ongoing Australia vs Sri Lanka 1st Test at Galle as he became the first Aussie batter to slam a double century in a Test match in Sri Lanka. The 38-year-old left-hander reached the milestone during the morning session on Day 2 of the Test.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Khawaja reached his double century with a single on the first ball of the 111th over in Australia’s first innings when Prabath Jayasuriya bowled a tossed-up delivery around off. Stepping down the track, Khawaja tapped the ball to Jayasuriya\u2019s right. Expecting the mid-off fielder to cut the ball off, Jayasuriya misjudged the situation, but the ball rolled harmlessly to mid-off, allowing Khawaja to seize the moment and complete a single. He brought up his 200th run off 290 deliveries, including 16 fours and one six. The Australian left-handed batter now has 16 Test centuries to his name.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8 USMAN KHAWAJA DOUBLE CENTURY \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

It’s the first of his Test career and the first ever by an Australian in Sri Lanka! pic.twitter.com\/6rd10XfKfe<\/a><\/p>\n


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Australia’s stand-in captain in the match, Steve Smith also registered a milestone of his own as he crossed the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket to become only the 15th to do so. He went on to score his 35th Test hundred.<\/p>\n

Khawaja and Smith anchored Australia’s commanding first innings with a massive 266-run partnership. The duo added 71 runs on Day 2 before Smith was dismissed for 141, trapped lbw by leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay, Sri Lanka’s most threatening bowler.<\/p>\n

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