Because there is no way that CA will not give him a position in the team for the moment.
I agree he shouldn’t be in the team, and I agree the last 100 shouldn’t automatically give him a pass. However he will be there so you may as well build the other positions correctly.
I think with Khawaja the thing is he is a good player who forgot how to bat for most of the summer. After his last innings century he made reference to the issues caused by his brother’s arrest - I don’t think we fully appreciate the personal angst this would have caused him.
For me he keeps his place come the 1st Ashes test. Playing ODI cricket is a completely different issue. Also he should be nowhere near the slips cardon.
Explains why we only won 2 of 11 games in 2018. Our best player averaged more with the ball than bat. Above 30 with the ball and below 30 with the bat. Kind of need that to be the other way around