Kevin Durant apologises for his "rough" India remarks

Bengaluru, August 12: Basketball star Kevin Durant on Saturday (August 12) apologised for calling India a "rough" country that is "20 years behind" the world and claimed his comments were "taken out of context."

The 2017 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) took to Twitter to issue his apology. "Sorry that my comments about India were taken out of context, I'm grateful for the time I've got to spend there and I'm really p***** about how my comments came off, that's my fault, should've worded that better," the Golden State Warrior player posted.

Durant claimed that he only spoke about his imagination of India and what he actually saw after landing in New Delhi.

"I spoke about the difference between my imagination and reality there in Delhi and about where the game is compared to the rest of the world," he tweeted.

"No offense from this side. I'm coming back out there for more camps and cool s***. Sorry...."