Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn has hit out at Cricket South Africa for not wishing former skipper Faf du Plessis, who was part of the Chennai Super Kings squad that received the IPL 2021 title on Friday, October 15. The 37-year outdated performed a major position in Chennai’s win over Kolkata in Dubai. His stroke-laden 59-ball 86 helped CSK set a 193 run goal for KKR.
Despite getting a great begin, a batting order collapse meant that Kolkata fell brief by 27 runs as Chennai Super Kings and MS Dhoni lifted their fourth Indian Premier League title. On October 16, CSA took to its official Instagram web page to congratulate pacer Lungi Ngidi on the IPL 2021 triumph earlier than deleting the publish attributable to large backlash. “Congratulations @lungingidi on claiming the 2021 IPL with Chennai Super Kings”, read the caption.
Not just fans but former cricketers too were surprised by the inexplicable omission of Faf du Plessis and Imran Tahir’s names from the post.
Dale Steyn took to Twitter to express his displeasure; the former pacer wrote, “CSA opening a can of worms for themselves with their Twitter and Instagram. Whoever’s running those accounts needs a talking too.”
CSA opening a can of worms for themselves with their Twitter and Instagram.Whoever’s operating these accounts wants a speaking too.— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62) October 16, 2021
“CSA now blocked the feedback part. Here’s some recommendation. Do the appropriate factor. Delete the publish and add all the boys concerned, save your self the embarrassment and mock,” he added.
David Wiese termed the turn of events “shocking” and stated Du Plessis and Tahir deserved a bit extra respect.
“Absolutely stunning what’s occurring with the @OfficialCSAmedia account at the second. Surely @faf1307and @ImranTahirSA deserve a bit extra respect!!” Wiese tweeted while replying to Steyn.
Faf du Plessis himself was surprised with how things unfolded; replying to the post on Instagram, which is now deleted, Faf wrote, “really?”
Faf du Plessis was one of many major the reason why CSK bagged their fourth title this 12 months. He amassed 633 at 45.21 and a strike price of 138.20 within the season, solely two behind his accomplice Ruturaj Gaikwad’s Orange Cup-winning 635-run tally. On the opposite hand, Imran Tahir performed only one recreation towards Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Wankhede Stadium throughout the first half. While Lungi Ngidi solely featured in three CSK matches.
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