Former South Africa cricketer, Jonty Rhodes, who helps the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 discovered himself embroiled in an argument on social media over his interplay with a fan of the franchise. The social media interplay took an unsightly flip when fan accused the South Africa nice of calling him ‘jobless’. Seeing the controversy spiralling, Jonty needed to take to social media to difficulty a clarification and even apologise to the fan if his feedback ended up hurting him.
It all began when the fan posted on X (previously Twitter): “Day 10 of Tweeting until LSG Replies”. Though the publish has now been deleted, Jonty Rhodes wasn’t glad seeing such desperation from the fan.

“Brother, get a life. Many thanks for the support, we appreciate it. But wow, come on….” Rhodes responded.

The fan then replied saying, “He could have just replied normally, I tweeted as a fan and I didn’t abuse or spread hatred anywhere, If I can’t tweet for my fav team to reply me, and the team’s coach feels cheering for them is being jobless then I lost all the respect for him. Won’t cheer for LSG anymore!!”

Please inform me the place I stated you’re jobless? Don’t tag me in your countdown, if you do not need an trustworthy response. I’ve hung out with acid assault survivors at Sheroes Hangout, right here in Lucknow. These unbelievable younger ladies have to attend between 5-7yrs earlier than the perpetrators of… https://t.co/0ZiBbG00ui pic.twitter.com/HB1pTrG139

— Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8) April 10, 2024

The retired South African cricketer was in no temper to let the social media chatter escalate and gave a pointy reply to the fan asking the place did he name him jobless.

“Please tell me where I said you are jobless? Don’t tag me in your countdown, if you don’t want an honest response. I have spent time with acid attack survivors at Sheroes Hangout, here in Lucknow. These incredible young women have to wait between 5-7yrs before the perpetrators of these terrible atrocities even get to court to face justice. These ladies, I have lots of time for, as they ask for nothing, other than for us to see them as people, who can still contribute to society. They are on day 1500, and still counting, so think about their countdown, before making an issue about yours. However, I am sorry if I offended you.”