IPL 2019: Dale Steyn's exit from the tournament leaves the RCB fans upset

Steyn made a significant impact for the Challengers in the two matches he played.

Published - 27 Apr 2019, 12:42 IST | Updated - 27 Apr 2019, 12:42 IST

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It’s about time fans realized that the South African ace-pacer, Dale Steyn, is not going be a regular in international or in franchise/league Cricket. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) recruit developed another severe shoulder injury after feeling discomfort in only his second game in the ongoing 2019 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). As a result, he had to fly out to South Africa immediately as his injury is also a concern for the national team right ahead of the World Cup.

Earlier the 35-year-old South Africa fast bowler was bought in as a replacement for the Australian pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile, who was also ruled out of the remainder of the IPL 12. Steyn, who went unsold at the auction two times in a row, got a chance to play in the IPL once again.

Moreover, it was also a reunion for the cricketer and the franchise as Steyn was a part of the RCB team in the inaugural season of the marquee T20 league in 2008 and played for the franchise until 2010. Steyn finally made his comeback appearance for the team against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens on April 19. He gave a tremendous start to the bowling and was able to hold the KKR batsmen back and also picked two wickets.

Even in his last game for Bengaluru, Steyn bagged two wickets giving away just 29 runs, a match that RCB won by just 1 run. It can be said, that for a team that lost their first six games of IPL 12 in a row, Steyn’s comeback was a huge positive. But with him and Coulter-Nile gone, RCB’s pace attack has been weakened. Needless to say, that the fans of the Bengaluru-based franchise are upset with Steyn’s exit.

Not just them, with the World Cup knocking at the door it is certain that the South African fans might also be worried about the veteran pacer. Even though in his absence, the RCB were able to defeat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) on Wednesday, the fans are surely missing Steyn and what better proof than Twitter itself. Disheartened fans of the Royal Challengers Bangalore took to Twitter to express their distress.

Here are the tweets:

Unfortunately one more big blow for @RCBTweets .. Team is capable to do better but form & lots of bad luck is big concern for #RCB So far this season.
Can RCB turn the fortune towards them and qualify for playoff?? God Know's🤞🏽#dalesteyn
— Niket Starwings (@Niket_Wingman11) April 25, 2019

Dale styne out for rest of the ipl season.. Moen and later Marcus stonnis just when everything was falling into its place 😕#IPL2019 #RCB #DaleSteyn
— Nikhil Shetty (@NikhilS77566500) April 25, 2019

#DaleSteyn
He came
He change the fortunes of RCB
He left😭❤️#DaleSteyn #RCB @RCBTweets
— CHOWKIDAR RONITH SACHIN (@ronithsachin) April 25, 2019

RCB always unlucky. #DaleSteyn
— Vivek Eshwar (@vivek_eshwar) April 25, 2019

Dale Steyn 😭 Aur uske saath RCB ki hopes bhi gone 🤦‍♀️
— Anmol Mor (@AnmolMor) April 25, 2019

Dale Steyn is ruled out for the remainder of the IPL due to an injury.
RCB fans will surely miss services of the Steyn Gun! #ISF #VIVOIPL #RCB #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/dq0zGiZdQp
— Indian Sports Fan (@IndianSportFan) April 25, 2019

It's strange how Dale Steyn & Alzarri Joseph both were replacements for other players & both won 2 games for their sides. Also, both had shoulder issues & had to rest for the entire IPL season…#VIVOIPL #RCB #MI #KKRvRR
— Vinesh Prabhu (@prabhu_vinesh) April 25, 2019

RCB Fans –
When They Realise Dale Steyn is back for RCB – 🤩🔥
When they realise Dale Steyn is ruled out of the Rest of the Season – ☹️😭#VIVOIPL #PerfectFan #Hyderabad pic.twitter.com/YUjm6ET7sK
— Prithvi Marripp (@PutriCena16) April 25, 2019

Such a shame that Dale Steyn has been ruled out of #IPL2019 with a shoulder inflammation injury.
He was having a good impact on RCB.#RCBvKXIP #IPL
— CricBlog (@cric_blog) April 25, 2019

Moen Ali, Marcus Stoinis and Dale Steyn gone from #RCB #RCB should ruled out from the tournament already.
Imagine Umesh Yadav/ Tim Southee/ Mohd.Siraj playing together in RCB. Nightmare
😭
— MANISH WAGHELA (@manishnwaghela) April 26, 2019

Dale steyn is ruled out of IPL. Rcb haar gaya
— BTS PAVED THE WAY (@aps_twt7) April 25, 2019

Dale Steyn was majestly this IPL.
Huge blow to RCB and even more to SA. Hope he recover soon 🙏
— Riya Dubey (@readubey) April 25, 2019

There has always been some ironical moments with #RCB .
be it last ball NO ball incident or be the incident of Dale steyn being rule out, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING WHICH HAS WORRIED #KOHLI .
— VINAY DUBEY (@Vinaydubey0) April 25, 2019