Debate broke out between Usman Khawaja and ICC

Perth (Uttam Hindu News): Australia’s veteran opener Usman Khawaja wears a black armband on the first day of the first Test against Pakistan at the Optus Stadium, a day after he was not allowed to wear shoes with messages showing solidarity with the people of Gaza. Looked tied.

With Australia deciding to bat first, Usman Khawaja taped messages to his shoes and wore a black armband as he walked out to open the batting with David Warner.

On the black armband, Cricket Australia said, “He is wearing it in solidarity and respect as per his Insta post.”

Khawaja was seen with messages like ‘All lives are equal’ and ‘Freedom is a human right’ on his shoes during Australia’s practice session.

On Wednesday, CA released a statement on Khawaja’s intention to wear boots with a humanitarian message, saying: “We support the right of our players to express their personal opinions. “But there are ICC rules that prohibit the display of personal messages and we expect players to comply with this.”

Then, Khawaja posted an explosive video on social media, vowing to fight and seek a sanction from the ICC over wearing sports shoes with written words.

He wrote, “Much has happened in the past that sets an example. I am in full support of Black Lives Matter. There are many people who have written on their shoes before.

“There are other people who have written religious things on their devices and that is technically not allowed under the ICC guidelines, but the ICC never says anything on it,” Khawaja said on Fox Cricket before the start of the Test against Pakistan. . I find it a little disappointing that they came down hard on me and they didn’t.”

CA president Mike Baird said he supported Khawaja, but said ICC rules must be respected. When teams and the ICC are involved, there are rules involved. So from our perspective we are very happy to support Khawaja and he is clearly directly affected by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. And wants to use his voice. It’s just a question of how we use it keeping in mind the existing rules.”