Australia vs India 2018: After Mayank Agarwal, Kerry O’Keefe Now Makes Fun of Cheteshwar Pujara

Former Australian cricketer-turned-commentator Kerry O’Keefe created another controversy after making a remark during commentary about names of Indian National Cricket team players.

Meanwhile, Kerry received a lot of flak for his comments on Mayank Agarwal on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test. He made uncharitable comments about Indian domestic cricket and Mayank Agarwal’s triple century in the Ranji Trophy.

Kerry O’ Keefe could be heard mocking the names of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja while commentating. Apparently, he was finding it hard to pronounce the names of the two cricketers properly leading to him questioning ‘Why would you call your kid Cheteshwar Jadeja?’ leaving fellow commentators laughing.

The comment didn’t go down well on the social media with several users slamming O’ Keefe for crossing the line. So much so, former India Test opener Aakash Chopra termed it as unacceptable.

“Canteen XI the other day. Why would you name your kid Cheteshwar and Jadeja (not even knowing that his name is not Jadeja) today. If you can’t pronounce someone’s name, it’s YOUR problem. Unfortunate. Unacceptable,” he wrote.

Canteen XI the other day. Why would you name your kid Cheteshwar and Jadeja (not even knowing that his name is not Jadeja) today. If you can’t pronounce someone’s name, it’s YOUR problem.
Unfortunate.
Unacceptable. #AusvInd

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 29, 2018

If these Aussie comms can’t even pronounce Ravindra Jadeja properly, they should actually stop commentating. And asking ‘Why would you name your kid Cheteshwar?’ – that is the pits of commentary. Not outraging. Just calling out shit commentary #AUSvIND

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) December 29, 2018

Kerry O'Keefe now making fun of Pujara and Jadeja's names. "Who names their kid Cheteshwar?" He asks followed by a disturbing laughter. Seriously, if this is considered funny and entertaining commentary, I'd prefer to keep the TV on mute.

— Aritra Mukherjee (@aritram029) December 29, 2018

“Apparently, he got the triple (ton) against the Railways canteen staff,” Kerry O’ Keefe said referring to runs scored by Mayank Agarwal.

Later he had to issue an apology after his comments didn’t go well with the fans on social media.

“I was mentioning the runs Agarwal got in first-class cricket in India and there’s been a reaction,” O’ Keefe complained.