Usman Khawaja denied permission to have peace symbol on his bat and shoes: reports

Usman Khawaja is reported to have been denied permission to put a peace symbol on his bat and shoes during the Melbourne test against Pakistan.

The reports arriving on Sunday claimed that Australia’s Usman Khawaja has been denied permission to place a peace symbol on his bat and shoes for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan.

AFP reported that Khawaja was spotted sporting a sticker on his bat and shoes showing a black dove and the words 01:UDHR — a reference to Article One of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — during a practice session ahead of Australia’s second Test match with Pakistan slated to take place on December 26 (Tuesday) in Melbourne.

According to the Australian media, the athlete has held several meetings with Cricket Australia to decide on an appropriate message that he can use during the second Test match.

But his latest humanitarian gesture has been turned down by the ICC, The Australian and Melbourne Age newspapers reported.

Earlier, Usman Khawaja, a Muslim, was stopped from wearing shoes emblazoned with the hand-written slogans “Freedom is a human right” and “All lives are equal” during the first Test in Perth.