Usman Khawaja has always raised his voice in support of Palestine, as he expressed his shock at Lalor's firing on his Instagram story.

There have been many instances where sportsman have displayed their political ideologies and have also got into trouble. These instances have taken place in the cricketing world as well which has caused some major controversies in the players and sports personalities who had chosen to involve themselves in these political events.

Usman Khawaja extended support to Australian journalist Peter Lalor who was sacked midway through the Sri Lanka tour for his social media activity on Gaza war.

Australian Test opener Usman Khawaja has defended cricket journalist Peter Lalor, who was removed from radio coverage of the Sri Lanka tour after sharing posts about Gaza.

Australian opener Usman Khawaja came out in defence of the journalist who was sacked from his job for a social media post on supporting Palestine. Khawaja, who is currently part of Australia team in the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka,

Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has condemned a radio station's decision to drop cricket journalist Peter Lalor from its coverage of the Sri Lanka test series over social media posts related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.