09.02.2010
Dhoni paid a rich tribute to him at the post-match ceremony, "He was the best I have seen in the last two years at least as far as conventional bowling goes. Seven of the fourteen dismissals were out to great deliveries. We were outplayed".
Highlights:
- Dale Steyn (7/51 + 3/57) have registered the best ever figures for South Africa against India in India.
- Steyn, with his career-best 7 for 51, became the first South African bowler to claim ten wickets in a Test match against India in India.
- Steyn's figures of 10 for 108 are the second best in a Test match after Allan Donald's 12 for 139 at Port Elizabeth in December 1992.
- Steyn became the second South African bowler after Makhaya Ntini to have claimed ten wickets or more in a Test match four times.
- For winning cause, Steyn has claimed 141 wickets (ave.16.24) in 20 Tests with an exceptional strike rate of 28.5.
Profile:
Name: Dale Steyn
Date of Birth: June 27, 1983 at Phalaborwa
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowlin style: Right-arm fast
Averages:
M Wkts. Ave. Best S.R. 5WI 10WM
37 195 23.04 7/51 10/91 13 4
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