South African speedster Dale Steyn has decided that he would not be playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League as he wishes to invest his time in something that he wanted to do for quite some time.
Announcing his decision of not playing this year’s IPL, Steyn tweeted, "Just a short message to let everyone know that I've made myself unavailable for RCB at this years IPL, I'm also not planning on playing for another team, just taking some time off during that period," the tweet read. "Thank you to RCB for understanding. No I'm not retired."
The 37-year old however made sure that nobody took this message of his as a sign of retirement by saying, "I will be playing in other leagues, nicely spaced out to give myself a opportunity to do something's I've been excited about as well as continue to play the game I love so much. NO, I'm NOT retired. Here's to a great 2021.”
Steyn has not really been able to mirror or even get close to his Test form in the Indian T20 league. This decision might make things easy for the RCB team which was always under the pressure of playing the legend. In the 2020 edition of the IPL, he played only three games and picked a lone wicket.
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