Dale Steyn shuts a Twitter user who wished the pacer was banned for life 

South African pace bowler Kagiso Rabada was recently handed a one-match ban for celebrating Joe Root’s dismissal in a way which is against the spirit of the game by ICC. Rabada bowled Root out with a quicker ball and then ferociously celebrated the dismissal.

ICC found him guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct and fined him 15% of his match fee. This was the pacer’s fourth demerit point in a 24-month period, which amounted to a one-match ban.

A lot of people, including former cricketers, argued that ICC had been too harsh on Rabada. In the wake of the debate, a Twitter user shared a video of Dale Steyn celebrating Rohit Sharma’s wicket and claimed that if he were the ICC, he would have banned Steyn for life.

If i was @ICC I would have banned @DaleSteyn62 for life !! #Cricket #Rabada https://t.co/WFYzwY9Zol

— Nibraz Ramzan (@nibraz88cricket) January 20, 2020

Steyn did not fail to notice the tweet, and replied with a clarification – “Nothing wrong here. Didn’t charge the batter, maintained my line, celebrated like a champion. Don’t ask for fast and nasty then keyboard abuse when the mongrel comes out.”

Currently, South Africa are trailing the four-match Test series 2-1 at home and with Rabada out of the game, they will have to come up with a concrete plan to be able to level the series.