Khawaja denied permission to have peace image on bat: Reports

Australia’s Usman Khawaja has been denied permission to put a peace image on his bat and footwear for the Boxing Day Test towards Pakistan, stories stated Sunday.

A sticker exhibiting a black dove and the phrases 01:UDHR – a reference to Article One of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – was on his bat and footwear throughout coaching in Melbourne on Sunday.

Australia’s Khawaja reprimanded by ICC for sporting black armband

The star batter had a number of conferences with Cricket Australia over current days to discover a message that might be acceptable for the second Test this week, native media stated.

But his newest humanitarian gesture has been turned down by the International Cricket Committee, The Australian and Melbourne Age newspapers reported.

The ICC was not instantly accessible for remark.

Khawaja, a Muslim, was stopped from sporting footwear emblazoned with the hand-written slogans “Freedom is a human right” and “All lives are equal” throughout the first Test in Perth.

The 36-year-old had wished to point out his assist for the folks of Gaza. But he was informed they flouted ICC guidelines on messages that relate to politics, faith or race.

Usman Khawaja to contest ICC reprimand over black armband

He wore a black armband throughout the match and was reprimanded by the ICC, however insisted afterwards it was for a “personal bereavement” and vowed to contest the ruling.

Khawaja spoke on Friday about how the Israel-Hamas battle had affected him, saying he despaired at seeing what number of kids had been killed.

“When I’m looking at my Instagram and seeing innocent kids, videos of them dying, passing away, that’s what hit me the hardest,” he stated.

“I don’t have any agendas other than trying to shine a light on what I feel really passionately, really strongly about.”