<p id="thickbox_headline">Pat Cummins' leadership qualities were on full display even after his side sealed a 4-0 Ashes series win on Sunday as he ensured Usman Khawaja, the first Muslim cricketer to play for Australia, was not showered by champagne amid the celebrations.</p>.<p>As his euphoric team mates started popping champagne bottles on the stage at Hobart's Bellerive Oval, Khawaja stepped aside to avoid being sprayed with alcohol in keeping with his religious beliefs.</p>.<p>Cummins quickly noticed and asked his team mates to put aside the bottles and gestured for Khawaja to rejoin them on the dais.</p>.<p>Khawaja, who played the last two matches of the five-test series, returned to the stage and kneeled beside Cummins as the victorious side let out a roar posing for the cameras.</p>.<p>"Usman is obviously Muslim, so he doesn't like the champagne being thrown," Cummins, who also finished as the highest wicket-taker in the series victory over England, told reporters.</p>.<p>"I just made sure he got up there and no champagne was thrown."</p>.<p>Cummins' "classy" gesture went viral on social media and was praised by fans as wells as former England cricketer Isa Guha.</p>.<p>"Good leader always looks after the team as a whole and respects everyone equally and @patcummins30 has shown to be that leader," former Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul said on Twitter.</p>.<p>One Twitter user said Cummins, in his first series as captain, was a "fantastic role model".</p>.<p>"Take a bow, Captain Cummins. Inclusive, respectful, decent and humble leadership," the user wrote.</p>.<p>Playing his first test in 2-1/2 years, Khawaja smashed a hundred in each innings of the fourth match in Sydney batting in the middle order.</p>.<p>Opening the innings in Hobart, the left-hander scored six and 11 but still finished as the fifth highest scorer in the five-match series.</p>.<p>The Islamabad-born player was part of a Cricket Australia working group aimed at increasing diversity in the game. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">Pat Cummins' leadership qualities were on full display even after his side sealed a 4-0 Ashes series win on Sunday as he ensured Usman Khawaja, the first Muslim cricketer to play for Australia, was not showered by champagne amid the celebrations.</p>.<p>As his euphoric team mates started popping champagne bottles on the stage at Hobart's Bellerive Oval, Khawaja stepped aside to avoid being sprayed with alcohol in keeping with his religious beliefs.</p>.<p>Cummins quickly noticed and asked his team mates to put aside the bottles and gestured for Khawaja to rejoin them on the dais.</p>.<p>Khawaja, who played the last two matches of the five-test series, returned to the stage and kneeled beside Cummins as the victorious side let out a roar posing for the cameras.</p>.<p>"Usman is obviously Muslim, so he doesn't like the champagne being thrown," Cummins, who also finished as the highest wicket-taker in the series victory over England, told reporters.</p>.<p>"I just made sure he got up there and no champagne was thrown."</p>.<p>Cummins' "classy" gesture went viral on social media and was praised by fans as wells as former England cricketer Isa Guha.</p>.<p>"Good leader always looks after the team as a whole and respects everyone equally and @patcummins30 has shown to be that leader," former Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul said on Twitter.</p>.<p>One Twitter user said Cummins, in his first series as captain, was a "fantastic role model".</p>.<p>"Take a bow, Captain Cummins. Inclusive, respectful, decent and humble leadership," the user wrote.</p>.<p>Playing his first test in 2-1/2 years, Khawaja smashed a hundred in each innings of the fourth match in Sydney batting in the middle order.</p>.<p>Opening the innings in Hobart, the left-hander scored six and 11 but still finished as the fifth highest scorer in the five-match series.</p>.<p>The Islamabad-born player was part of a Cricket Australia working group aimed at increasing diversity in the game. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>