A few days back, the Australian opener Usman Khawaja criticized captain Steve Smith for dropping him and Joe Burns during the Test series against Sri Lanka, which according to Khawaja was played on a difficult pitch. After 4 successive failures, Smith dropped both of these batsmen. Usman Khawaja, a few days back, criticized Smith’s decision and rather questioned Smith’s own form, ‘‘It’s a pretty big decision after just two Test matches. It was disappointing that Joe Burns and I were sorts of the scapegoats for not performing.” Khawaja said. He projected himself and Joe Burns as a scapegoat.

Despite his comments, he has been selected for the first two Test matches of the Test against South Africa.

However, Matthew Hayden did not envy with his comments and had an advice for Khawaja as he said “In sporting sides you kind of feel a bit gypped at times because you want to do better and you’re driven by your own success,

“But it’s always clearly one case, and that’s let your bat do the talking.

“I do think it was a harsh call on Ozzy, he’s always had those calls, unfortunately”.

“He just has to shut up and get runs — which he’s done this particular innings (in the Sheffield Shield this week) — but keep getting runs and keep mounting his story otherwise there’s going to be other players to take his spot,” Hayden told to cricket.com.au.

He has sent a clear message to Khawaja with this. The only way Khawaja can respond is by scoring some runs in the first two fixtures, another failure can send Khawaja on a long exile again.