IPL 2021
Faf Du Plessis And Steyn Not Pleased As CSA Only Congratulates Ngidi On CSK Winning The IPL
By CricShots - Oct 16, 2021 3:48 pm
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Cricket South Africa (CSA) seems to have given a rise to a massive controversy after their recent post on social media accounts. After Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won their 4th Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Friday, CSA only congratulated Lungi Ngidi for the win, a pacer playing his trade for the CSK.

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Faf du Plessis

However, Cricket South Africa very conveniently left out Imran Tahir and Faf Du Plessis from the post, who both play for CSK, and they haven’t announced retirement from South Africa, drawing sharp criticism from former cricketers and fans alike. Ngidi played only 3 matches in the IPL this season, picking 5 wickets at an economy rate of over 10.

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Faf Du Plessis, on the other hand, has amassed as many as 633 runs in the tournament, missing out on the Orange Cap, awarded to the highest run-getter, by a couple of runs to teammate and and opening partner Ruturaj Gaikwad. On Instagram, former South African pacer Dale Steyn called the post disgusting for not mentioning Tahir and Du Plessis. The latter expressed his shock as well.

On Twitter, Dale Steyn said that Cricket South Africa has opened “a can of worms for themselves” with the post on Instagram and Twitter. The post has apparently been deleted from both the platforms.

Steyn had also said, “Delete the post and add all the men involved, save yourself the embarrassment and ridicule.”

Cricket South Africa has received a lot of stick from fans on social media for the post.

In the recent tweet, however, the CSA gave a special mention to du Plessis. “Notably Faf du Plessis who put in a Man of the match performance”, read the tweet. “Congratulations to all the South Africans who competed in and claimed victory in the 2021 IPL Final with Chennai Super Kings. Notably, Faf du Plessis who put in a Man of the match performance”, the new tweet read.

Faf Du Plessis has not been selected in the South African squad for the T20 World Cup that is set to begin in a few day’s time. In his absence from the T20 squad, selection convener Victor Mptisang had said, “Faf has got a wonderful record but we wanted to be consistent in the selection and this is the group of players we have gone with.”

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He further added, “When you’re working with free agents, you have to come together that works for both the team and the free agents, they’re obviously attracted to various leagues and then the squad has its own requirements on how they build towards a World Cup.”