Ravi Shastri roasts Kerry O'Keefe with a hilarious comment after the Australian's 'Railways canteen' jibe at Mayank Agarwal

It was a very disturbing moment when Australian commentator Kerry O'Keefe mocked and ridiculed Mayank Agarwal during Day One of the third Test between Australia and India in Melbourne. 

Agarwal, who was making his international debut, was looking in fine form, and scored a brilliant 76 in the first innings. But between his knock, O'Keefe made fun of him by stating that the triple century he scored in First Class cricket match came against Railways canteen staff.

The Aussie apologised for his comment, and Agarwal did not respond to it. But instead, his head coach Ravi Shastri spoke on his behalf, and roasted O'Keefe with a comment of his own. 

"He [Mayank] has got a message for Kerry… ‘when you do open your canteen, he wants to come and smell the coffee. He wants to compare it to the ones back in India…coffee here’s better or the ones back home’," he said after the completion of Day Two.

O'Keefe, along former Australian opener Mark Waugh, during their commentary stint in the ongoing Test, made some very unpleasant comments about the 27-year-old. Waugh reportedly ridiculed the Indian opener by stating that his First Class average in excess of 50 is equal to 40 in Australia's domestic cricket. O'Keefe's statements were worse, as he reportedly stated that the 304 scored by Agarwal was apparently against a Railways canteen staff.

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O'Keefe apologised for his comments, mentioning that he was trying to have a bit of fun, and in no way was mocking the player.

“I was mentioning the runs Agarwal got in first class cricket in India and there’s been a reaction. There was no way I was demeaning the standard, it was tongue in cheek. There are lots of runs scored so apologies if anyone out there took offence," he said.

Waugh did not apologise for his comments, but tried to play down the incident by praising Agarwal for his knock. His Twitter message read,

"All I said was averaging 50 in first class cricket in India is equivalent to averaging 40 in Aust mainly because of the number of players who achieve that. For the record Agarwal played very well in his 1st test innings," his social media post read.