.Usman Khawaja will certainly come to be Australia's oldest Test cricketer in over two decades this summer season as the expert opener gets ready for his 18th time of professional cricket.The Queenslander, who switches 38 this December, will definitely blocking personal injury come to be the country's oldest Examination cricketer considering that former captain Steve Waugh. Just before Tugga, the previous Australian to participate in Exam cricket after celebrating their 38th birthday was the famous Allan Border.Khawaja, the ruling ICC Examination Cricketer of the Year, presumed his international career ended after being went down before the 2019/20 summer.However, the left-hander has actually been the Australian Exam edge's leading run-scorer because his fortuitous recall during the 2021/22 Ashes set, building up 2564 perform at 53.41 with 7 hundreds-- merely England's Joe Root has actually handled even more operates throughout that period.Watch India v New Zealand LIVE & exclusive to Fox Athletics, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost trial today > Khawaja believes he "definitely" would certainly have resigned years ago if not for the "chilled, loosened up setting" created by national train Andrew McDonald and Test leader Pat Cummins.While he recently experienced disenchanted by the national team's approach to training, Khawaja applauded the present mentoring personnel for recognizing his demands as a sportsmen getting into the golden of their having fun career.Curating a personal training regimen has actually allowed Khawaja to make his greatest cricket at a grow older where others have actually tapered off.Usman Khawaja of Australia. Photograph by Pat Hoelscher/ AFPSource: AFP" Playing cricket for Australia is really difficult," Khawaja said to Fox Cricket final month." There were a ton of containers that I had to believe that I had to tick, not necessarily producing me a better cricketer. We just needed to perform it because that's what our company must carry out." There were a bunch of points our team did in regards to getting ready for matches and also performing workouts that believed a little bizarre to me, it failed to really make good sense." When a fella's having fun at 37 contrasted to when a guy's 24, they're each mosting likely to require really various factors. The manner in which they prepare is actually heading to be actually different, what they need just before a suit is extremely different. "It thought that for a long period of time everybody constantly did the exact same trait, despite where you resided in your life or even in your game, or even where your bodies were."( Cummins) will definitely inform you, he undoubtedly would not educate as a lot currently as you performed 5 years back. You can't. You can't melt the candlestick at both sides. There's a bit more respect for that right now. "Therefore undoubtedly, if it was actually the aged technique of doing it, I had to be doing every thing that everyone else performed, I might be like, 'Ok, I am actually performed, no thank you.'" It is actually possibly the reason why I am actually still participating in." A lot of Test runs for Australia after 35th birthday2564-- Usman Khawaja2554-- Steve Waugh2473-- Allan Border2323-- Michael Hussey1996-- Chris RogersUsman Khawaja of Australia. Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDespite every thing Khawaja has actually attained during the course of his 13-year Examination career, featuring pair of Ashes accomplishments as well as a Planet Test Champion title, he still have not featured in a successful Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign.The Queenslander was fallen in front of the 2011/12 whitewash, while he likewise had not been chosen for the 2014/15 set, which remains Australia's newest Border-Gavaskar Prize triumph.Ahead of what will possibly be his final Test collection versus India, Khawaja is actually positive Australia can finish its ten-year drought against the Oriental powerhouse." This certainly believes that some of the toughest groups we've had for a while," Khawaja mentioned." We have actually been participating in some definitely great cricket, yet India's staff is actually great as well, which is why everyone's therefore fired up to view the No. 1 and No. 2 groups differing." This Australian group is actually really cleared up. It is actually been powerful for some time." There's no justifications, whoever wins is most likely the most effective group in the world." I presume we're in the very best position we have actually resided in an although to take India on." Khawaja has racked up 544 Trial run versus India at 34.00, while that figure loses to 28.28 on home soil.However, the left-hander takes pleasure in his functionality throughout the 2018 Perth Exam versus India, where he top-scored in the second innings along with a gritty 72 in tough circumstances." That gate was actually horrible," Khawaja chuckled." Every person's just obtaining smash hit. I obtained struck in the almonds. (Aaron) Finch was actually only obtaining appealed his handwear cover he walked off the industry. People just obtaining attacked left, straight, and also center. It was a brand-new Perth gate which wasn't rather ready back then." That's the stuff I look back on. If I didn't compose runs certainly there, they will have chased our total down as well as our experts would certainly have shed." Usman Khawaja of Queensland. Image through Morgan Hancock/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesUsman Khawaja's home Exam hitting average74.40 vs New Zealand58.11 vs South Africa57.44 vs the West Indies56.00 vs Sri Lanka53.83 vs England48.70 vs Pakistan28.28 vs IndiaUnlike numerous of his Australian teammates, Khawaja enjoyed a quiet off-season that included loads of golf as well as loved ones time. He worked with the Vancouver Knights in the Worldwide T20 Canada, but or else failed to participate in any very competitive cricket over the winter.Having started his home summertime along with a half-century versus Victoria in last week's one-day suit at Joint Oval, Khawaja's focus switches in the direction of the Sheffield Shield, which receives underway on Tuesday.To handle his amount of work, the 37-year-old anticipates to only play 3 Sheffield Shield matches before the initial Test against India in overdue November.Queensland will experience Western side Australia for its Sheffield Guard opener at the WACA from Tuesday, with the very first round set up for 1.30 pm AEDT.