Australia Test batter Usman Khawaja has urged the nationwide selectors to search for class over type once they select his subsequent opening companion after David Warner quits the longest format subsequent month. Warner is about to play his final Test at his dwelling floor in Sydney towards Pakistan within the ultimate sport of the three-match sequence beginning January 3. Khawaja is not too involved about his subsequent companion however urged the selectors to choose the proper participant who can flourish and succeed on the worldwide stage.

“To be honest, it (who my next opening partner is) doesn’t really matter to me, genuinely. Whoever the selectors are going to pick, they’re going to pick because they think they’re the best for the role,” Khawaja instructed on SEN Radio.

“I don’t even believe in the ‘bat-off’ people are talking about right now. I think it is going to come to a lot more than that. You can’t pick teams on form. You’ve got to pick teams on who you think the best player is.

“If we decide groups on type, the Australian crew can be altering each second week, so that you simply cannot do this.

“Class is always permanent. Form is always temporary. It will be interesting to see which way they go. I actually don’t know,” he added.

Khawaja mentioned his subsequent opening companion should not be picked on the premise of what number of runs he had scored on the first-class stage.

“I think it (making runs) does (play into it),” he mentioned.

“But I think if you go a bit further back for the last five years, all of the guys that are in contention would have scored a truckload of runs.

“It can be very comparable. It simply will depend on how huge a pattern dimension you wish to make it.”

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