Twitter Reactions: Usman Khawaja registers maiden double-ton in Tests as Australia compound misery on Sri Lanka

Usman Khawaja brought up his maiden double-century in Tests in the ongoing first Test of the series against Sri Lanka in Galle. The historic landmark was attained by the left-handed opener four overs before Lunch was called on Day 2.

He advanced towards a Prabath Jayasuriya delivery in the 111st over of the Australian innings, pushing it towards long-off to captivate the Australian dressing room in joy. Understandably so, Khawaja seemed delighted with the achievement. 

Here's how Khawaja brought up his double-century:

At the age of 38, Usman Khawaja scores his first Test double century! 🔥

He becomes the first Australian batter to score a double hundred in Sri Lanka. A century after 33 innings—well deserved! 👏👏pic.twitter.com/l0p7Gt0LDL

— ICC Asia Cricket (@ICCAsiaCricket) January 30, 2025

With this, the 38-year-old became the first Australian to register a double-century in Tests in the island nation. Coming out to bat with 147 runs to his tally on the opening day, Khawaja continued his clinical outing with the bat by getting to his 150 in the over subsequnt to him stitching together a 200-run stand with standby skipper, Steve Smith. 

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Khawaja, who was in a slight bit of rut before the marathon effort at Galle, also addressed the concerns surrounding his form and place in the Australia XI after the end of the first day, admitting that it has been a "tough summer" for him with the bat. 

“It’s been a tough summer, and I think I finished the summer off really well, but had a lot of people telling me how I should go by my career and what I should do from here on in. When I finish this game, I've got beautiful kids and a family. I'm pretty chill with everything, but it's nice to get 100 after the summer because it was a tough time," Khawaja said after the end of first day's play.

"I'm not here for anyone but the team. Andrew McDonald, one thing last year he said to me, 'I don't care what happens, just make sure you're on the Sri Lankan tour'. I'm not just playing cricket because I've got a gluttony to score lots of runs. Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen hundreds is not going to make a difference to my life," Khawaja added.

Here's how X reacted to Khawaja's remarkable achievement: 

In 2016, @Uz_Khawaja was dismissed twice on the same day in Galle & they said Uzzy can’t play spin & here he is in 2025, dominating spin & becoming the first Australian to score a Test double ton in Sri Lanka. What a story, Usman Khawaja #SLvAus pic.twitter.com/Ow1YaVJmhR

— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) January 30, 2025

Usman Khawaja became the 2nd oldest Australian to score a double century in Test cricket at 38 years, just behind the legendary Don Bradman, who scored a double century at 39. pic.twitter.com/ttn09kCMpm

— Vijay Anaparthi (@VijayCricketFan) January 30, 2025

Usman Khawaja has scored more runs in this innings than he managed during the entire Border-Gavaskar Trophy.#SLvAUS

— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1) January 30, 2025

Usman Khawaja now has the highest score in Sri Lanka for any Australian side. pic.twitter.com/maJeC06Qsq

— Adam Morehouse (@ACTCricketStats) January 30, 2025

Usman Khawaja you are for real pic.twitter.com/Gqxs4PjEHz

— The Spence (@adambspencer) January 30, 2025

𝗨𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗷𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁:

Innings - 29
Runs - 1516
Average - 63.17
50s/100s - 6/5

When there's a match happening in Asia call him up straightway to ton up. pic.twitter.com/t44LdIA4F9

— Cric Bug (@Smithian_here) January 30, 2025