Farokh Engineer Apologises To Anushka Sharma After “Serving Tea” Comments Goes Viral 

A day after Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma hit out at former Indian wicket keeper Farokh Engineer; who claimed that the Indian selectors were serving cups of tea to captain Virat Kohli's wife during the World Cup matches in England, he later clarified stating that he made those comments in jest.

Earlier today, Farokh Engineer tried to clear the air over his comments which has become the talk of the town. 

In a recent interview with Republic TV, Engineer tried his best to defend himself by saying that he made the comments 'in a jest' and that Anushka is a 'lovely girl'.

"I just said it in a jest and it's being made a mountain out of a molehill. Poor Anushka has been dragged into it, she is a lovely girl. Virat Kohli is a brilliant captain and coach Ravi Shastri is extremely good. The entire matter is being blown up unnecessarily," Engineer clarified. 

Yesterday, Engineer had claimed that he saw selectors getting Anushka Sharma cups of tea during a 2019 World Cup match, also calling the committee a "Mickey Mouse Committee".

"I didn't even know one of the selectors during the World Cup and I asked him who the hell he was, because he was wearing the India blazer and he said he was one of the selectors. All they were doing was getting Anushka Sharma cups of tea," the former India wicketkeeper told The Times Of India.

Hitting out at him, Anushka uploaded a strong statement on Twitter which read as “My name has been used in fabricated stories claiming that I am a part of closed-door team meetings and influenced selection processes and I have kept silent. My name has been wrongfully used to say how I have been given preferential treatment or how I have overstayed authorised time with my husband on foreign tours which if anyone really cared about finding out facts from the board, would know that I have always and always followed protocol but yet, I kept quiet".

She made the statement so that her name doesn't get dragged into further controversies.