India's Pace Attack Is Currently The Best In Test Cricket - Dale Steyn

Updated - 28 Feb 2020, 07:15 PM

Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, New Zealand vs India 2020, India
Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Gone are those days when the Indian National Cricket Team had the problems with their bowling attack, especially in the Test format of the game. However, everything changed for Indian cricket at present with the emergence of quality fast bowlers. The Indian bowling department got the latest supporter in the name of Dale Steyn, who believes the Indian attack is the best at the moment in Test cricket.

The major highlight of the modern-day Indian National Cricket Team is all about their fast-bowling department. They have got the lethal fast bowlers, who can deliver the goods across the formats with ease, irrespective of the conditions.

The Indian pace battery, which consists of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav have been performing exceptionally well in the last two years.

Dale Steyn,
Dale Steyn. Credit: Getty Images

Recent stats say that the current strike-rate of the Indian fast bowlers is the best in International Cricket for the last 67 years. It shows the impact of the fast bowlers for the Virat Kohli-led side, who are staying on top of the ICC Charts for a while now. As a unit, they average 15.16, and this is the best for any team in any calendar year in the last 67 years.

India got best bowling attack – Dale Steyn

Dale Steyn, who was recently bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore at the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, which took place on Thursday in Kolkata, answered a variety of questions on Twitter. A user asked him about which bowling line-up he feels currently the best in the world, and Steyn gave his vote to the Indian team.

Dale Steyn will be playing for RCB in IPL 2020 after the franchise bought him in the recently-concluded IPL Auction held in Kolkata. The Bengaluru-based franchise was able to buy the South Africa pacer at his base price of Rs 2 crore after he went unsold in the initial round of the auction.

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