Khawaja was dropped by the Australian selectors in August 2019 and didn’t earn a Test recall until the fourth Ashes Test in the New Year at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

“Usman Khawaja has always been one of our best batters and one of the highest skilled batters in Australia and I could never believe when he wasn’t picked,” Watson told The ICC Review on Friday.

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“It’s awesome what he is doing now, but for me it is actually a bit sad that we have missed an opportunity in the previous four or five years to be able to see that version of him playing for Australia.”

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