Dale Steyn Names Five Best Batsmen He Played Against

Going by the current scenario, most of the countries have been encapsulated in a lockdown situation amid COVID-19 pandemic. Even sport hasn’t gone unaffected with the major tournaments and bilateral series being cancelled or postponed. Out of boredom, South African ace pacer Dale Steyn decided to engage in a question and answer session on Twitter. Of the many questions, he replied to; the 36-year-old named five best batsmen he battled against.

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Steyn drew curtains on his Test career in 2019, finishing as the highest wicket-taker for South Africa with 439 scalps in 93 games. During his 15-year old Test career, the veteran played against the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Ricky Ponting, Ian Bell. However, the five best players he chose were Rahul Dravid, Kevin Pietersen, Chris Gayle, Tendulkar, and Ponting.

Faaak bud they all good ey! Ponting was prime, Sachin was a wall, Dravid, Gayle, KP, they were all so good! https://t.co/oJbOitUDd0

— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62) April 12, 2020

The veteran started by naming Ricky Ponting as the prime batsman. He proceeded to the next ones, the iconic Indian pair of Dravid and Tendulkar. Steyn ended by it by talking about Gayle and Pietersen, who also boasted of an imposing record in Test cricket. Earlier, when asked about his favourite bowling spells in Test cricket, the veteran named the ten-wicket haul against India in Nagpur and the eleven-wicket haul against Pakistan in Johannesburg.

Also, the speedster termed his best T20I spell against West Indies in Port Elizabeth.  While labelling that his best bowling-run consisting of yorkers and slower deliveries, Steyn talked about the lighter side of that performance. He claimed that despite being his best spell in the shortest format, they lost that game.

I played a 20/20 against West Indies in Port Elizabeth many, many years ago, blew a few poles away woth some yorkers and a good slower ball, loved that performance, but we still lost, haha https://t.co/M7VieMAzVJ

— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62) April 12, 2020