Reacting to being made skipper of the franchise, Usman Khawaja said that getting this opportunity was a great privilege for him. He went on to recount his early days living in Sydney before he had moved to Queensland.

Khawaja told ESPNcricinfo:

The 34-year-old has played all of his BBL matches for Sydney Thunder. He is the club’s leading run-scorer with over 1,700 runs under his belt. Khawaja also has two BBL centuries to his name.

I know how to captain a team: Usman Khawaja

Khawaja, who captains Queensland on Australia’s domestic circuit, stated that he wouldn’t look to change a lot of things at Thunder as captain. He went on to say that his plan was to be his natural self leading the side and that his usual ‘jokester’ side won’t be affected by his captaincy. He said:

He added:

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