Quinton de Kock's Unavailability Questioned After CSA Issues Directive To South Africa Players To 'Take a Knee' In Support of BLM Ahead of SA vs WI T20 World Cup 2021 Match
Many are questioning Quintin de Kock's unavailability after the keeper made himself unavailable for selection for the SA vs WI clash at T20 World Cup shortly after Cricket South Africa issued a statement asking its players to take a knee in support of the BLM Movemnet.
Quintin de Kock made himself unavailable for selection shortly after Cricket South Africa issued a statement asking its players to take a knee ahead of their T20 World Cup matches to show solidarity in their stance against racism.
I fear we haven't heard the last of the de Kock issue. I won't be surprised if we don't see him in a Protea shirt again.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 26, 2021
Dinesh Karthik
Quinton de Kock not playing because of his stand on BLM movement 😳#BlackLivesMatter #SAvsWI #worldT20 pic.twitter.com/LqC76QKCL3
— DK (@DineshKarthik) October 26, 2021
Dropped?
Quinton De Kock was dropped from the side because he didn't want to take the knee in support of Black Live Matters.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 26, 2021
Support For CSA
I am entirely with CSA on this one. And it's a shame that a player like Quinton de Kock finds it so hard to understand & support this movement, if that is indeed the reason for his withdrawal. #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/kBUdqJcoMl
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) October 26, 2021
Assumptions
Cricket South Africa issued a directive about taking the knee.
De Kock withdrew after that, citing personal reasons.
There is not, to my knowledge, a proved link between the two until 4.10 PM EST.
We can, of course, speculate, but let us not conclude based on guesswork.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@SachinAzharCT) (@ovshake42) October 26, 2021
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