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#4 Under-fire Kerry O'Keeffe apologises to Indian cricket through open letter

Kerry O'Keeffe's insensitive comments during the MCG Test generated a massive backlash

Under-fire Australian commentator Kerry O'Keeffe has penned an open letter and apologised to the Indian cricket team as well as their supporters.

The former leg-spinner, who had generated a storm by taking insensitive jibes at India's first-class cricket and names of prominent players, attributed those controversial remarks to his ostensibly humorous style of commentary.

In a brief letter released on Fox Cricket's official website, Kerry O'Keeffe wrote, "I have been devastated by the reaction to my on-air comments on Fox Cricket during the recently completed Third Test between Australia and India. I am coming to terms with how negatively those words have been interpreted."

He added, "That interpretation is not who I am. It is not what I represent. My style as a commentator is to attempt to find a quirky view to lighten up some of the serious analysis. When I made a remark about Indian first-class batting averages within their domestic cricket competition being made against a “canteen” bowling attack, I was being entirely tongue in cheek. I was certainly not disrespecting Indian cricket, where I toured as a schoolboy and for which I have the greatest admiration as a cricketing nation."