Dinesh Karthik apologises for 'neighbour's wife' remark

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has apologised for his on-air ‘neighbour’s wife’ comment in the third and final ODI of the series between England and Sri Lanka. Karthik issued an apology in his first commentary stint and conceded that he got it all wrong and extended an apology and promise of not repeating it ever again.

“I want to apologise for what happened last game,” said Karthik. “It’s definitely not what I intended. I got it all wrong, I want to apologise to everybody who heard that. I got a lot of stick from my mum and my wife, actually, for saying that. I’m really sorry for that, it shouldn’t happen again,” Karthik said while calling the third game from Sky Sports.

Karthik had landed himself in big controversy when he had explained his teammates love for the gears of other teammates by taking a reference of ‘neighbour’s wife.’ His comment did not go down well for the fans of the game and his remark was termed ‘sexist on Twitter.

“Batsmen and not liking bats – they go hand in hand. Most of the batters don’t seem to like their bats. They either like another person’s bat or… bats are like a neighbour’s wife, they always feel better,” Karthik had said.

Karthik is in the UK since the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand and in all likelihood will stay put for the upcoming Test series between India and England starting early next month.

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