Not that the 29-year-old seemed to take offence.

The Aussie batsman was born in Pakistan and moved to Australia aged four.

He will play Pakistan in a Test match for the first time in his career on Thursday with the Queensland captain showing his amusement at being mistaken for a Pakistan team member.

“Actually funnily enough I was waiting downstairs and I needed the change room locker to be opened for us and I was just waiting and the Queensland Cricket lady came down,” he told News Corp.

“She was like ‘Oh, you need the locker rooms open?’ I went ‘yes please’ and she started walking to the Pakistani change room.

“I was like, ‘no, I’m that way, thank you!’

“It’s still a very big part of me.”

Khawaja said the significance of playing his birth country was not lost on him or his family.

“My parents are Australian but they’re also very Pakistani. If I broke it down, the way I act and what I do is very Australian. But there are always parts of me when I talk to my parents I still at times try to speak Urdu here and there,” he said.

“It’s not as good as them but they can understand what’s going on. It’s a big part of my life when I’m with my parents or around my parents.”