Usman Khawaja might be one of Australia's most in-form players in any format, but he does not necessarily expect to be part of the starting XI for the World Twenty20 in India. Khawaja opened the batting and scored 33 from 25 balls in Australia's win over South Africa in the third T20 in Cape Town on Wednesday, a win that secured them a 2-1 series victory.

But in none of the three games did Australia use the same opening combination, instead testing all options ahead of the World T20, with David Warner set to stay down the order. In game one, Khawaja opened with Aaron Finch, in game two it was Finch and Shane Watson, and in game three Watson and Khawaja were used as the opening pair.

Khawaja onlymade his T20 international debut this summer but has been consistently scoring runs in every format at almost every level this season. However, Watson's all-round value and the experience of Finch, the No.1-ranked T20 international batsman in the world and until recently Australia's captain, could mean Khawaja misses out.

"We've got world-class players in our team," Khawaja said after the third match in Cape Town. "Finchy didn't play today and he's one of the best T20 players in the world, so we've got a lot of batting depth and strength.

"Finchy was there before I was, when I came into the team he was T20 captain. He's been there and done it, I was the player coming in. I sort of expect him to come back into the team. Then