Test cricketer Usman Khawaja has revealed how being racially vilified when he was younger led him to support other countries in international sporting contests and not Australia.

Khawaja was born in Pakistan but settled in Australia with his parents and two older brothers when he was five years-old.

Forced out: Usman Khawaja has revealed being racially vilified when he was younger led him to support other countries in sporting events. Credit:AP

During high school he says he was regularly called a "F---ing curry muncher". Playing cricket and working his way up through the grades wasn't any better.

"Getting sledged by opposition players and their parents was the norm," Khawaja told the PlayersVoice.com website.