Former Australian bowler Steve O’Keefe has defended the Australian team after their disastrous 295-run defeat against India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series opener in Perth and criticised the public reactions to the loss, calling it “unjustified”. 

The Australian media was critical of the humiliating loss in Perth and used titles like ‘Perth-etic Humiliation’ and ‘Monster Loss’ to describe Australia’s biggest loss.