Usman Khawaja annoys debutant Adam Zampa during Australian national anthem, during 3rd ODI vs New Zealand

Australia batsman Usman Khawaja became touchy and progressive moving his hand down to teammate Adam Zampa during third ODI against New Zealand.

Wellington:  A video footage emerged on Wednesday showing Australia batsman Usman Khawaja becoming touchy-feel and progressively moving his hand down to teammate Adam Zampa‘s buttocks before the second One-Day match against New Zealand last week. It happened when the teams stood with arms linked during the national anthems, presumably to test the debutant’s composure, and giving him an unusual “welcome” to the side. New Zealand sports show “The Crowd Goes Wild” spotted the incident and posted the 12-second clip on its Facebook page. ALSO READ: India biggest threat for Australia in ICC World T20 2016: Shane Watson

To his credit, Khawaja was able to see the funny side of the footage being widely shared on social media. Zampa was not put off by his teammate’s affections, claiming two wickets on debut in a strong performance that helped him into Australia’s squad for the World T20 in India. Later on, Khawaja wrote on Twitter it was done out of fun. “hahaha oh boy. Didn’t realize there were cameras filming from behind,” Khawaja tweeted on Wednesday.

“haha it was all consensual. Just having a joke with the debutant,” the batsman said in second tweet.

Hey @Uz_Khawaja – What’s going on here? 🙂 This how you guys introduce new players to the team? https://t.co/43uD8E6BgA

— Miguel D’Souza (@MiguelDSouza) February 9, 2016

@MiguelDSouza @Streamable hahaha oh boy. Didn’t realize there were cameras filming from behind. @zamps63

— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja) February 9, 2016

@MiguelDSouza @zamps63 haha it was all consensual. Just having a joke with the debutant. #playon

— Usman Khawaja (@Uz_Khawaja) February 10, 2016

 

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Australia made a strong comeback in the series to win the match and level the series at 1-1, before losing the decider convincingly. Zampa on his ODI debut finished with figures of 2 for 57. He bowled well and he was selected in the series decider as well. He was one of the most economical bowlers for Australia, finishing with 1 for 45 in his 10 overs.

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