India, Jan. 30 -- Usman Khawaja shook off his poor form with an emphatic maiden Test double century in Australia's first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. In doing so, the 38-year-old has become the oldest Australian in 77 years to score a Test double century. Overall, he is the second oldest Australian to achieve the milestone after the legendary Don Bradman, who scored the last of his whopping 12 double hundreds against India in January 1948 in Adelaide.

The opener has soldiered on and his innings has lasted nearly eight hours. His previous career-best was 195 not out against South Africa in Sydney in 2023. Khawaja was caught behind on 74 but the umpire gave it not out and the Sri Lankans' decided to not review the call. Later, he was d...