Australia's Usman Khawaja was the lone Australian player wearing a black armband on the first day of the
Sydney
Test against India, which caught the attention of fans who wondered what's the reason behind that.
Khawaja decided to come up with that gesture to mourn the tragic death of the wife of former South African batter Ashwell Prince, who is a good friend of the Australian opener -- according to a report on UK's Daily Mail.
The 40-year-old Melissa Prince was suffering from cancer and died on Sunday.
Khawaja developed his bond with Prince when both were teammates during their County Championship stint with Lancashire in England.
Prince paid a tribute to his wife on Instagram.
"It was extremely difficult to have to see you endure as much pain as you did in the last few months of your life," the post read. "But we choose to remember you in the way that we knew you. A gem, one of the rare types who touched people's hearts in a special way wherever you went."
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