Veteran Australian batsman Usman Khawaja has revealed that he “had no idea that the camera was” capturing his emotions that went down at the dressing room after a “heartbreaking” injury ended his life-time World Cup dream last year in England.

Khawaja has always dreamt of playing in the ODI World Cup and winning the title for his country, and even he got the opportunity last year but that was not too long as his dream was shattered after he suffered a hamstring injury just five balls into his innings in the final group match against South Africa.

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Later, the Aussie cried in the dressing room as he was the glue for Australia’s middle order and could help the side save the match against the Proteas side – that behind-the-scenes moment was captured on film for episode six of Amazon series The Test.

Khawaja told foxsports.com.au at the launch event for the documentary series, “Knowing that was my World Cup over, it just hit me so hard. It was the first time in my life I had shed tears in a dressing room ever. With all the emotion that was going on, I had no idea that the camera was there.

He explained, "It was just everything that happened up to that point. So much hard work for the team and everything that went by. It was raw emotion. I rarely ever tear up. It was built up over my whole life wanting to play in a World Cup and then play in a World Cup semi, then hopefully a World Cup final. I honestly thought we were going to win. Even after I got injured, I thought we were going to win.”

Usman signed off by saying, “I felt like that hamstring injury let the team down. bit. Especially in that game. Missing out on the opportunity to play in a World Cup semi-final was just heartbreaking.”

(With foxsports.com.au Inputs)