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Usman Khawaja has put an end to the furore surrounding the Australian cricket team’s decision to drop its traditional champagne spray celebrations. The star batter has shared an image of him drinking a diet coke from inside the team’s dressing room celebrations following their World Test Championship final triumph over India in London. Stream Over 50 Sports Live & On-Demand with Kayo. New to Kayo? Photos show Khawaja holding the ICC World Test Championship Mace in one hand and his soft drink of choice in the other. His post comes after the team was dragged into a storm surrounding its decision to celebrate without champagne during the official trophy presentations on Sunday night. It was a Twitter post by former UK politician Nigel Farage that resulted in the celebrations suddenly becoming a social media scandal. Usman Khawaja drinking in that sweet taste of victory. Photo by Ryan Pierse-ICC/ICC via Getty Images. “Once again the Australian cricket team do not celebrate in champagne style because 1 of the team members is a Muslim,” the ex-UK Independence Party leader wrote. “Are we all to suspend normal life because of the minority?” It is far from the first time under Test captain Pat Cummins that the Aussie team has foregone champagne during its celebrations — and the fast bowler was widely praised last summer for pulling his team up in the middle of the Ashes series victory celebrations to allow Khawaja to join in. After a pretty lengthy build-up and a lot of jokes and l...

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