India, March 19 -- Australia batter Usman Khawaja found himself in hot water as he was accused of faking injury after being spotted in Melbourne attending the Australian Grand Prix on the weekend. Khawaja had missed Queensland's Sheffield Shield fixture against South Australia, reportedly due to a hamstring injury. However, Queensland denied any injury claim in an explosive revelation.

The 38-year-old, who had informed Queensland that he would only play one of the two remaining games after returning from the tour of Sri Lanka, decided to withdraw from the important game against South Australia this week. While a report in Yahoo Sport Australia said that Queensland officials revealed Khawaja opted out of the game as he did not want to tak...