CSA leave out Du Plessis, Tahir from congratulatory post on CSK; Issues another one after criticism

CSA
eventually
issued
a
tweet
congratulating
all
South
Africans
playing
for
CSK.
Du
Plessis
contributed
immensely
to
the
CSK
winning
their
fourth
IPL
title
in
Dubai
on
Friday
(October
15)
night.

“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,”
was
posted
by
CSA
after
a
social
media
storm
and
criticism
from
some
of
its
big
players
like
Steyn.

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

pic.twitter.com/rC9QaIZ90r

—
Cricket
South
Africa
(@OfficialCSA)

October
16,
2021

Earlier,
after
the
Super
Kings’ title
triumph,
CSA
put
out
a
post
on
Instagram,
captioning:
“Congratulations
@lungingidi
on
claiming
the
2021
IPL
title
with
Chennai
Super
Kings.”

This
did
not
go
down
well
with
Steyn
and
du
Plessis
himself,
who
was
joined
by
many
others
in
slamming
the
cricket
body.

Du
Plessis,
who
emerged
as
the
second-highest
scorer
of
the
season
with
633
runs
for
CSK,
responded
to
the
message
saying:
“Really???”

Not
at
all
impressed
by
the
CSA,
Steyn
also
hit
out
at
the
cricket
body
on
his
social
media
handle.

“Who’s
running
this
account?
Last
I
checked
Faf
isn’t
even
retired,
Imran
isn’t
retired,
both
these
guys
have
given
years
of
service
to
CSA
and
they
were
not
worth
a
mention?
Disgusting,” the
former
South
Africa
pacer
wrote.

CSA
opening
a
can
of
worms
for
themselves
with
their
Twitter
and
Instagram.
Whoever’s
running
those
accounts
needs
a
talking
too.

—
Dale
Steyn
(@DaleSteyn62)

October
16,
2021

“CSA
opening
a
can
of
worms
for
themselves
with
their
Twitter
and
Instagram.
Whoever’s
running
those
accounts
needs
a
talking
too,” tweeted
Steyn.

“CSA
now
blocked
the
comments
section.
Here’s
some
advice.
Do
the
right
thing.
Delete
the
post
and
add
all
the
men
involved,
save
yourself
the
embarrassment
and
ridicule,”
he
added.

CSA
now
blocked
the
comments
section.

Here’s
some
advice.
Do
the
right
thing.
Delete
the
post
and
add
all
the
men
involved,
save
yourself
the
embarrassment
and
ridicule.

—
Dale
Steyn
(@DaleSteyn62)

October
16,
2021

Joining
Steyn,
former
South
Africa
player
David
Wiese
termed
it
“shocking” and
said
du
Plessis
and
Tahir
deserved
a
bit
more
respect.

Wiese
tweeted,
“Absolutely
shocking
what’s
going
on
with
the
@OfficialCSA
media
account
at
the
moment.
Surely
@faf1307
and
@ImranTahirSA
deserve
a
bit
more
respect!!”

Absolutely
shocking
what’s
going
on
with
the

@OfficialCSA
media
account
at
the
moment.
Surely

@faf1307
and

@ImranTahirSA
deserve
a
bit
more
respect!!

—
David
Wiese
(@David_Wiese)

October
16,
2021

Relations
between
du
Plessis
and
CSA
soured
after
the
former
refused
to
toe
the
board’s
line
on
balancing
his
T20
freelancing
with
national
commitments.

Miffed,
CSA
decided
to
not
include
the
batsman
and
Tahir
in
the
T20
World
Cup
squad,
even
as
both
players
remained
available
for
selection.

The
37-year-old
du
Plessis
was
Man
of
the
Match
in
the
IPL
final
against
Kolkata
Knight
Riders
for
his
blazing
86
off
59
balls.

Du
Plessis,
who
retired
from
Test
cricket
earlier
this
year
in
February
after
scoring
4163
runs
and
missed
out
on
CSA’s
central
contract,
played
his
100th
IPL
match
on
Friday.

He
remains
active
in
ODIs
and
T20Is,
however,
in
which
he
has
scored
5507
and
1528
runs
respectively.