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Australia is taking on India in the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 down under. With the series levelled 1-1 with the fourth Test underway at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, the series has seen several key players stand up on several different situations of the game. For Australia, Nathan Lyon is for sure one to reckon, picking three wickets in the fourth Test in his 28.3 over spell.
On Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar adding crucial runs on the board, former Australia cricketer, one from Keery O’Keefe and Adam Gilchrist was seen calling the Aussie off-spinner “taklu”.
Kerry O’Keefe calls Nathan Lyon “taklu”; leaves Adam Gilchrist speechless
On Day 3 of the ongoing Test in Melbourne, one of the two former Australian cricketers referred to Nathan Lyon as a bald eagle. After the conversation was caught on air, Adam Gilchrist jokingly said that it was a reference to Lyon and not his co-commentator Kerry O’Keefe. Just at that moment, the former Aussie leg-spinner referred Lyon as “taklu”.
Kerry further went onto to reveal that Indian fans called him “taklu” when he posted a joke from his cricket show on X. "In Hindi, it's Taklu, because I posted my joke from a cricket show, and the Indians on Twitter responded with 'Who is the taklu?' On the end, and I thought a picture of this shocking word about me. I looked it up in Hindi, 'It's a bald man'. So Nathan Lyon is a taklu," O'Keefe said on air.
Watch Kerry O’Keefe call Nathan Lyon ‘taklu’ during on-air commentary:
With India ending Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test at the score of 358/9 with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Mohammed Siraj in the middle, Nathan Lyon dismissed the centurion to bundle out the side at the score of 369 with the hosts taking a lead of 105 runs. Thereafter, the Aussie off-spinner went onto stitch a crucial stand along with Scott Boland for the last wicket in the second innings with Australia already posting 300-plus runs lead.
