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

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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