Published 17:18 IST, December 3rd 2019
Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers' light-hearted banter wins the internet over
Dale Steyn and AB De Villiers were involved in banter in the match between Tshwane Spartans and Cape Town Blitz of the Mzansi Super League. Read for more.
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Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers are arguably among two of best cricketers that South Africa have ever produced. latter hung his boots from all forms of cricket back in 2018 while Steyn has only retired from Test cricket. However, y man to remain in limelight courtesy ir on and off field activities.
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duo is currently playing in 2019-20 edition of Mzansi Super League (MSL). Both have played crucial roles in ir teams’ journey thus far in T20 tournament. De Villiers is playing for Tshwane Spartans while Steyn is playing for Cape Town Blitz.
y were involved in a funny moment on Monday. It took place in 14th over of Spartans’ run-chase. Steyn bowled a full-toss to de Villiers, which he tried to hit out of park but couldn’t time ball and ended up hitting it straight back to bowler. De Villiers immediately put his hand up in apology after which Steyn decided to have some fun with him.
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Proteas fast bowler hit stumps with ball while De Villiers h come out of crease to give him ball. reafter, Steyn raised his finger jokingly and De Villiers put stumps back in place. packed audience present at venue in Cape Town h a good laugh about funny and light-hearted incident. Even commentator narrated about camarerie, shared by two popular figures of South African cricket.
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Dale Steyn takes his IPL revenge
During IPL 5, in a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers, RCB required 39 runs off last 18 balls in ir chase of 182 and Steyn came in to bowl 18th over. From first ball itself, AB attacked mighty Steyn, who conceded only 7 runs in 2 overs he bowled previously. re was thing Steyn could do even with his lethal yorkers to stop De Villiers as '360-degree' batsman smashed Steyn for 23 runs.
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However, Steyn completed his revenge in MSL game as he bagged right-handed batsman four balls after ir friendly banter. De Villiers gave a simple caught and bowled chance to Steyn, who picked up 3 wickets, giving away 10 runs in his 4 overs. ABD mand to score only 31 runs off 26 balls with help of a four and a couple of sixes. Blitz went on to win match by 15 runs and also halted Spartan’s unbeaten streak in MSL.
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16:30 IST, December 3rd 2019