Nathan Lyon is a 'taklu': Former Australia cricketer makes shocking remarks on air

Former Australian cricketers Kerry O'Keefe and Adam Gilchrist had a hilarious conversation while commentating during Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test, which grabbed the attention of Indian fans on social media. The two former Aussie stars were on-air when Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar were in the middle tackling the spin web of Nathan Lyon. Gilchrist heard 'ball eagle' on the stump mic and told his fellow commentator O'Keefe,"Sure, it's Nathan Lyon, they're referring to and not you Kerry O'Keefe." The comment by O'Keefe shared an incident from the past involving Indian fans.

Nathan Michael Lyon (born 20 November 1987) is an Australian international cricketer. He made his Test debut in 2011 and plays domestic cricket for New South Wales. Lyon is an off-spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman. Considered the most successful off-spin bowler of all time for Australia, Lyon holds the record for the most Test wickets taken by an Australian off-spin bowler, passing Hugh Trumble's 141 wickets in 2015.^[3] In January 2021, Lyon played in his 100th Test match during Australia's series against India.^[4] As of December 2023, Lyon is Australia's third highest Test wicket taker of all time and ranks eighth among all international players in Test cricket with more than 500 wickets to his name.^[5] Lyon was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final, where he picked up the match-winning wicket of Mohammed Siraj.