Graeme Smith congratulates Faf du Plessis during Day 4 of the Sunfoil International Test Series cricket match between South Africa and Australia at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town on 25 March 2018 © Chris Ricco/BackpagePix
Picture | Potential feud between Proteas T20 World Cup snubbed players and CSA? Eagle-eyed Dale Steyn has spotted something
Is there a potential feud brewing between Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Faf du Plessis? Dale Steyn seems to have picked up a hint.
Graeme Smith congratulates Faf du Plessis during Day 4 of the Sunfoil International Test Series cricket match between South Africa and Australia at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town on 25 March 2018 © Chris Ricco/BackpagePix
Is there a potential feud brewing between Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Faf du Plessis? Dale Steyn seems to have picked up a hint.
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Du Plessis fired the Chennai Super Kings to the Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Friday, but both he and Steyn were left unimpressed with CSA.
CSA congratulate Ngidi, snub du Plessis and Tahir
This is because, after du Plessis top scored with a score of 86 from just the 59 balls, a feat that earned him the Player of the Match award en-route to leading the Chennai Super Kings to IPL victory, both he and Proteas fast bowling legend Steyn had noticed seemingly sinister actions from both the CSA official Instagram and Twitter pages.
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The Chennai Super Kings had three South African’s in their squad, with du Plessis being accompanied by another T20 World Cup snubbed player Imran Tahir as well as current Proteas fast bowler Lungi Ngidi, in the yellow strip of the IPL side. But for one reason or the other, when the Kings went on to claim the victory, it was only Ngidi who has congratulated by the official CSA Instagram and Twitter pages, which both du Plessis and Steyn noticed.
du Plessis comments
Well, noticing was effectively just one part of the debacle, du Plessis, in fact went as far as commenting on the CSA Instagram post, making his feelings about it known. The post read: “Congratulations @lungingidi on claiming the 2021 IPL title with Chennai Super Kings”. Du Plessis then commented saying “@cricket_South_Africa Really???”.
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Steyn also commented below and he was more than happy to let his feelings about the post from CSA known.
Steyn also comments
“Who’s running this account? Last I checked Faf (du Plessis) isn’t even retired, Imran (Tahir) isn’t retired, both these guys have given years of service to CSA and they not worth a mention? Disgusting.” He said.
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If that wasn’t enough, the recently retired Steyn, took to his official Twitter account to comment further on the potential situation between CSA , du Plessis and Tahir.
He went further on his Twitter account
“CSA opening a can of worms or themselves with their Twitter and Instagram. Whoever’s running those accounts need a talking too”. Said Steyn.
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To add further fuel to the fire, the post has since been deleted by the CSA. Both du Plessis and Tahir were left out of the Proteas T20 World Cup squad despite both confirming that they were available for selection, following their impressive form in that format in IPL earlier this year. Tahir even took to his official Twitter account to express his feelings after being snubbed.
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Although the initial Instagram post was deleted, here at The South African, we’ve got you covered.
Check out a screen grab of the dialogue below. What are your thoughts on this matter from the CSA?
