NEW DELHI: Australian spin great
Shane Warne has taken to Twitter to clarify his "too expensive" comments in regards to applying to be coach of the Indian cricket team, claiming that a joke has been blown out of proportion.
Warne was quoted as saying by a Mumbai-based tabloid on Tuesday, in regards to whether he was interested in applying for the coach's role: "I am very expensive, I don't think they can afford me.
Virat Kohli and me can have a good partnership, but as I said, I am very, very expensive."
Facing a backlash by sections of the Indian media and fans of Indian cricket on social media,
Warne
did not deny his jibe but tweeted that it was a joke taken out of context. "I was in a lift and was asked if I would put my hat in the ring. I said "India can't afford me" tongue in cheek," he tweeted.
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BCCI late last month announced that it would begin the process for new applicants for the position of head coach of the Indians men's cricket team, with
Anil Kumble a direct entrant into the process by virtue of being the current coach. Kumble's tenure expires following the conclusion of the ongoing ICC
Champions Trophy - where India will hope to defend the title they won in 2013 under MS
Dhoni - which runs from June 1 to 18.