South Africa legend Dale Steyn announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday.
The 36-year-old🔥, who played the last of his 93 Tests against Sri Lanka in February this year, scalped 439 wickets during his career, makin♒g him the leading wicket-taker in South African Test history.
Fast bowler Steyn, the eighth leading wicket-taker in history, will continue to be avﷺailable for one-day and T20 internationals.
Meanwhile, Twitterati can’t stop showering love and appreciation for Steyn on an excellent Test career.
Here’s how Twitter lauded Steyn
The greatest of his generation. Stats don’t lie and test stats is the best . I know how much test cricket means to you bud and how badly you still w🌠anted to achieve more . Hopefully we will still see a lot of this action. #🐐
— Faf Du Plessis (@faf1307)
Too many memories to mentioꦰn! We started together many years back and I had the privilege and front row seats of watching turn into th🐻e best bowler of his time. You are the greatest, an even better…
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17)
Absolute legend𓆏, congratulations you stand꧃ above them all.
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
Congrats on a wonderful career buddy & yes you did entertain us all ! Well done ! Thꦛe gamꩵe is poorer without you mate
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne)
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I love you
— Chris Morris (@Tipo_Morris)
Dale Steyn has retired from Test cricket.
Today is a sad day.
— Derek Alberts (@derekalberts1)
Salute 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
One of the greats indeed.— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa)
What a bowler… brought the heat! Congratulations on a terrific tast career Hoooolio…..
— Roelof van der Merwe (@Roela52)
Without a shadow of a doubt the best bowler I’ve played with in every condition 🙌🏼 Besides the skill he was the probably the coolest fast bowler around 🛹 🎣 🏄�💝� Welcome to the real world Loved every minute of how you played your heart out for our country👌🏼
— Robin John Peterson (@robbie13flair)
The best of his Era!!!
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris)
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Dale Steyn…The Best Test Fast Bowler Of His Era. One of the finest ever. You’ll be missed.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
After 93 Tests and 439 Test wickets, the Proteas spꦉeedster today bids adieu to Test cricket. We enjoyed the contest in whites with you.
Go well,
— BCCI (@BCCI)
One of the greatest of all time says goodbye to test cricket, a form of the game he adorned and 𒉰enriched. He was one of the great sights of our game, gliding in, swinging the ball at speed. He has a place in history.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Dale Steyn is once in a generation cricketer, was the No. 1 Test bowler 💙for nearly 6 years. Arguably the only one from this era who can match the great fast bowlers of the 80s & 90s. If you have watched him bowl, you hav🧸e seen pace bowling at its very best. Farewell !
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
A cricketing great bids adieu to Test cricket 🙌
Congratulations on a fantastic career, !
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Gutted and shocked to hear that is retiring from test cricket. One bowler who dominated in the batsmen's era. Unarguably, the greatest bowler of this generation in test cricket. Sad that injuries took a toll on his cricket. A huge loss to Test cricket.
— George 🍿🎥 (@georgeviews)
93 Tests
439 Wickets
1 Unstoppable Force
Your Li🥃t Deliveries Will Be Missed In Test Cricket Dale Steyn, Cheers On Completing A Great Career With The Red Ball! 👊🏽— Prathamesh Avachare (@onlyprathamesh)
