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The African giant used to kill fish in his childhood.
Indian batsmen were in trouble.
New Delhi: Many players have strange hobbies before becoming a cricketer. Some such hobby is of former South African fast bowler Dale Steyn. Dale Steyn used to fish in his childhood days. However, he still shares photos with fish on social media. Who knew that this fishing bowler would hit the batsmen for sixes on the field. Steyn had troubled the Indian batsmen a lot with his sharp bowling.
Stan was not effective only on pitches helpful to fast bowlers. Rather, he showed his fast bowling skills even on Indian pitches. In the year 2010, Steyn took seven wickets for just 51 runs while bowling reverse swing like legendary bowlers Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in Nagpur Test. Due to his performance, South Africa was successful in winning that Test. The same team India got defeated. He also took the wicket of a great batsman like Sachin Tendulkar.
In the year 2011, Steyn took 5 wickets for 75 runs in the Cape Town Test against India. He took 21 wickets in three matches of that series. In the third Test, he took the wickets of Virender Sehwag, Cheteshwar Pujara, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma. Although this series was drawn 1-1.
Let us tell you that in his 16-year career, Steyn has troubled many legendary batsmen. He took 699 wickets in 265 international matches. He took the most wickets (439) in Test cricket. In the year 2020, he retired from international cricket.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : February 14, 2023, 17:06 IST