Ashwin has been suffering from a left-side abdominal strain, which also forced him to sit out of the final Test against England at the Oval.
O'Keeffe's comments also didn't go down well with India coach Ravi Shashtri, bowling coach Bharat Arun and skipper Virat Kohli.
Kerry O'Keefe, who is commentating for Fox Cricket in Australia, was having a difficulty at pronouncing the names of Pujara and Jadeja.
India coach Ravi Shastri has reacted in his own way to Australian commentator Kerry O'Keefe's jibe at India opener Mayank Agarwal during the third Test at MCG.
Chief coach Ravi Shastri revealed earlier in the day that Jadeja's shoulder injury took more time to heal than expected.
Ravi Shastri dismissed any question regarding Virat Kohli's on-field behaviour during the Perth Test and said that he was fantastic.
KL Rahul and Murali Vijay have failed to score big in any of the four innings they had in Australia till now in this tour.
Team India coach Ravi Shastri revealed that R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are not fully fit yet.
In an exclusive chat on IndiaTV's "Cricket Ki Baat", Ganguly said that he hasn't sent the text to Kohli yet.
Gavaskar was not impressed with the selection choices made by the team management.
The coach was expectedly happy with the hard-fought victory, also India's first in the opening Test of a series in Australia.
India began the Test series against Australia by winning the opening match Down Under for the first time in over seven decades.
The 19-year-old from Mumbai was ruled out of the opening Test after hurting his left ankle while trying to take a catch at the deep mid-wicket boundary during India's practice match.
Hardik had suffered an acute lower back spasm during the game against Pakistan in the Asia Cup and is currently recovering.
Australian cricket teams over the years have played tough cricket with a liberal mix of sledging, which former skipper Steve Waugh often termed as "mental disintegration".
India have lost two away Test series in 2018, against South Africa (1-2) and England (1-4). This was after both tours were seen as best chance for Virat Kohli's men to set the poor overseas record straight.
Virat Kohli laughed off suggestions that coach Ravi Shastri listens to whatever captain Virat Kohli suggests.
Shastri indicated that from now on, they will be playing around those 15 players, who are going to board the UK bound flight.
Waugh spoke in reference to India coach Shastri's comments that this is "the best Indian side in the last 15 years".
One of the senior members attending the meeting told the Kohli-Shastri duo that there is nothing wrong if BCCI wants them to perform well overseas.
Top News
Latest News
