Published 14:44 IST, October 10th 2020

Lungi Ngidi's Twitter account hacked? Chennai bowler's rant against team shocks many

Chennai and South Africa pacer Lungi Ngidi tweeted against the Dream11 IPL 2020 team on Friday, which comes as a major surprise due to his bond with the team.

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Chennai franchise's troubles in ongoing Dream11 IPL 2020 tournament do t seem to end any time soon. On field, MS Dhoni's men are languishing in bottom half of points table with just 2 wins in 6 games. Off it, re have been controversies galore, from Suresh Raina's sudden exit from biosecure bubble and Harbhajan Singh's withdrawal, to Deepak Chahar, Ruturaj Gaikwad and 12 ors in Chennai camp testing positive for coronavirus. w, its Lungi Ngidi's name that can be added to this list.

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Dream11 IPL 2020: Ngidi Twitter handle to be under scanner ahead of Chennai vs Bangalore live game?

South African pacer has played just two games in Dream11 IPL 2020 so far. While Lungi Ngidi picked up 3 wickets in very first match against defending champions Mumbai, he could only take 1 more in following game against Rajasthan in Sharjah. Since n, he has been relegated to bench after Chennai's overseas players Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran and Dwayne Bravo seem to have been backed more and performance-wise, have done well so far too.

With halfway st of Dream11 IPL 2020 t too far away, Lungi Ngidi's recent tweet on MS Dhoni-led team raised eyebrows on social media amongst fans of team as well as bowler. It has also raised questions on Chennai's team manment again after ar player does t seem to be pleased with state of affairs in dressing room and off it. Here is Ngidi Twitter rant -

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Lungi Ngidi was also seen liking a lot of fan comments and replying to same. Here are some of reactions to Ngidi Twitter rant -

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Ngidi Twitter rant: MS Dhoni, Stephen Fleming yet to comment officially

While fans and media outlets alike are speculating clearly that Lungi Ngidi is disgruntled for perhaps t getting eugh opportunities, re have been official statement from Chennai franchise's manment or coach Stephen Fleming or captain MS Dhoni. Lungi Ngidi himself hasn't released a statement eir after tweet went viral on internet. This news could rock Chennai team's morale ahead of Chennai vs Bangalore live game on Saturday in Dubai.

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However, it also raises a question. With Ngidi having supposedly a strong bond with franchise in past, whom he has often considered supportive to his wishes, how did it all come to this? What if Lungi Ngidi's Twitter account has actually been hacked? fast bowler has t spoken up against any player or support staff in particular prior to this. Additionally, a player of Ngidi's stature might well be aware of consequences of making his grievances public and liking fan comments against franchise, if he has any in first place, since Chennai Twitter handle must be extremely vigilant of all player activities on social media.

Earlier this year, ex-Pakistan cricket captain Waqar Younis had quit Twitter after he suffered a similar fate as it was discovered that his account was compromised by a Twitter user, who put up porgraphic, vile photos in his name.

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With social media being sometimes a bearer of fake news from even official accounts, only an official clarification could give a clearer picture of real story behind tweet. If tweet is true indeed, n expect Ngidi to be out of franchise for Dream11 IPL 2020 and for good altoger. Till n, jumping to conclusions too soon might t make perfect sense.

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14:31 IST, October 10th 2020