South Africa veteran Dale Steyn is one of the few modern-day seamers who belong to the club of all-time great bowlers. His aggressive attitude mixed with deadly pace, remarkable control on line and length, and capability to swing the cricket ball both ways make him the legend of the fascinating game. Irrespective of the formats, Steyn♕ has never missed a chance to prove his virtuosity.
Even off the field, Steyn is nothing short of an amusing lad who keepꦑs his fans on the edge of their seats. The 37-year-old is quite active on social media, and more often than🐓 not, he provides the dose of entertainment with his smart responses.
On Saturday, the Proteas paceman gave a glimpse of such while responding to a question on the micro-blogging website Twitter. It all happened when ESPNcricinfo posted a query asking everyone about their favourite batsmen and a shot that gives them chi🐲lls every tiꦕme.
While some fans picked Sachin Tendulkar’s straight drive as the answer, some went with Virat Kohli’s cover-drive and MS Dhoni’s helicopter shot as well. However, it was 💫Steyn who grabbed all the attention with his bewitching answer.
The Phalaborwa Express cited senior Indian bowler S. Sreesanth’s six off Andre Nel. Recalling the famous shot, Steyn talked about Sreesanth’s sensational ‘swinging bat celebration’ and termed it as ‘Legendary’.
“Sreesanth and his slog off Andre Nel for 6 with the swinging bat celebration. Legendary,” tweeted Steyn.
Sreesan🦂th and his slog off Andre Nel for 6 with the swinging ba꧙t celebration. Legendary
— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62)
The ep𒀰isode took place when India was on South Africa tour back in 2007. During the first Test match in Johannesbur๊g, Nel bowled a bouncer and followed it up with an exchange of words that fired the Kerala cricketer up.
On the very next ball, Sreesanth stepped forward and smashed N🎃el’s delivery for a six over the long-off♔ region. He didn’t just stop there as after reaching the non-striker’s end, Sree was seen dancing with his swinging bat celebr🦩ation, leaving everyone in splits.
Watch the epic moment here:
