This cricketer fell in love with a girl nine years younger to him, later got married; Now the power of both will be seen in India vs Australia series

Usman Khawaja and Rachel Mclellan love story:
Australia's legendary batsman Usman Khawaja is one of the strongest cricketers of the Australian cricket team. Khawaja is part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting on November 22 and his wife Richelle will be seen in the commentary panel. This series will be played between India and Australia in Perth. You may hardly know that this legendary cricketer is of Pakistani origin. Khawaja was born in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.

Usman Khawaja went to Australia at a very young age. When he was four years old, Khawaja's family moved from Islamabad to New South Wales. Khawaja has mentioned many times that even though he does not play cricket for Pakistan, he loves the country of his birth very much. He made his debut in international cricket in the year 2011 on behalf of Australia team. Like Khawaja's game, his love story is also very interesting. He is married to a girl nine years younger than him. Today we will tell you about some interesting stories of Usman Khwaja's love story.

Had proposed to a girl nine years younger

Usman Khawaja's wife's name is Rachel McClellan. Rachel remains in the news for her beauty. There is an age difference of about nine years between Khwaja and him. Usman is nine years older than his wife. Both of them met for the first time in Sydney. Khwaja had proposed to Rachel in 2016 on the occasion of his 21st birthday. Rachel has also supported Usman a lot in his cricket journey.

Rachel changed her religion for marriage

Usman Khawaja and Rachel got engaged in the year 2016. Both of them got married after 2 years of engagement i.e. in the year 2018. Let us tell you that before marriage, Rachel was a Catholic Christian. However, he had converted for marriage. Rachel converted to Islam to marry Osman. Both of them were married according to Islamic customs. Regarding changing religion, Usman Khwaja had said that Rachel had converted without any pressure.