South African fast bowler Dale Steyn made a statement on Twitter recently:
"Apologies to Virat and a billion people for thinking they not"
What is he apologising for? What's the meaning of the phrase "thinking they not"?
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Sign up to join this communitySouth African fast bowler Dale Steyn made a statement on Twitter recently:
"Apologies to Virat and a billion people for thinking they not"
What is he apologising for? What's the meaning of the phrase "thinking they not"?
It sounds like a typo (supported by the fact that I can't find the tweet anymore so it might have been deleted) or an unfinished sentence. "thinking they not" does not make any sense without a lot of added words.