Cricket South Africa (CSA) surprisingly not noted Faf du Plessis and Imran Tahir of their congratulatory publish for Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) after the MS Dhoni-led facet received the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 ultimate on Friday.

On Saturday, CSA took to their legit Instagram to simply congratulate South African pacer Lungi Ngidi for CSK's 2021 triumph prior to deleting the publish because of the serious backlash.

"Congratulations @lungingidi on claiming the 2021 IPL with Chennai Tremendous Kings", learn the caption.

No marvel the lovers had been stunned as they slammed CSA for his or her odd behaviour. Even Du Plessis, who performed the overall, and previous Proteas speedster Dale Steyn reacted to the publish. Whilst Du Plessis was once stunned, Steyn termed the act as 'disgusting'.

"Actually???" a surprised du Plessis replied.

"Who's working this account? Remaining I checked, Faf isn't even retired, Imran isn't retired, each those guys have given years of carrier to CSA, and so they [are] no longer value a point out? Disgusting", commented Steyn.

(Screengrab: CSA Instagram)

It's to be famous that Ngidi, Du Plessis, and Tahir had been a part of CSK right through the fourteenth season of the cash-rich league. Whilst Tahir didn't get any recreation this 12 months, Ngidi handiest featured in 3 fixtures. Then again, Du Plessis was once one of the most leader participants for the Chennai-based franchise as he ended IPL 2021 because the second-highest run-getter after Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Du Plessis performed all 16 fits and accrued 633 runs at a median of 45.21 and a strike fee of 138.20. The precise-handed batter smashed six half-centuries, together with a match-winning 59-ball 86 run within the IPL 2021 ultimate towards Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

After his epic efficiency with the willow, Du Plessis stated: "That was once an ideal day. one centesimal IPL recreation, big day. I liked my time right here at CSK, virtually 10 years. No 4 within the IPL trophy cupboard is in point of fact just right."