Australia batsman Usman Khawaja is a qualified commercial and instrument-rated pilot. He got an opportunity to test his skills recently. 

The official Twitter account of Cricket Australia posted a video where Khawaja is flying an Airbus A380. The southpaw said he grew up fascinated with the planes.

Khawaja's father worked in Saudi Arabia for 5-6 years and he used to fly there to see him and then come back to Australia for cricket.

"I traveled a lot as a kid. My dad worked in Saudi Arabia for about 5-6 years, so I use to travel back and forth to see them and then come back here to play cricket. I just grew a fascination with planes. As I was coming towards the end, year 11-12, I thought 'what about flying'. I found UNSW (University of New South Wales - School of Aviation), which offered both a degree to make my mother happy and get my license to get my wings," he said.

"I think flying helped me a lot in terms of cricket. Probably the biggest way was discipline and keeping up with the learning, making sure you are on top of any changes that have happened. There are a lot of things that go hand in hand between flying and especially playing Test cricket. The discipline part of flying and discipline of being a sportsman, especially being a cricketer and being a batsman, I think there are a lot of similarities," added the Pakistan born.

Here is the video: