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The South African player, Quinton De Kock, made himself unavailable for selection against West Indies. The news came just hours after Cricket SA’s Board directive that the national team had to take a knee before the match.
The statement said:
“Cricket South Africa (CSA) has noted the personal decision by South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock not to “take the knee” ahead of Tuesday’s game against the West Indies.”
Cricket South Africa (CSA) said De Kock made himself unavailable due to “personal reasons.”
CSA tweeted:
“Quinton de Kock has made himself unavailable due to personal reasons.”
CSA said cricket is the second most-watched sport globally and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, being held in the UAE and Oman, is the ideal platform for the Proteas to highlight the national resolve to heal the divisions of the past.
But the Indian Wicketkeeper, Dinesh Karthik, said De Kock was not playing due to his stand on the BLM movement.
“Quinton de Kock not playing because of his stand on BLM movement,” Karthik tweeted.
De Kock Says: ‘My own opinion’
De Kock is one of his country’s star players and a regular choice across all three formats of the game. He made over 10,000 international runs and was the captain of the Test side for SA before stepping down earlier this year.
De Kock said at the time that “I’ll keep my reasons to myself and it is my own personal opinion.”
“It’s everyone’s decision. No one’s forced to do anything, not in life. That’s the way I see things,” He added.
The Black Lives Matter movement officially began in 2016 and its main purpose was to protest against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people.
All South African players who took the field for the game against West Indies did take the knee without De Kock. Heinrich Klaasen replaced De Kock behind the stumps for the match against the West Indies.
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