 "'You were fire', Twitterati pay rich tribute to Dale Steyn as pacer retires from all forms of cricket")
South African pacer Dale Steyn on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The 38-year-old took to Twitter and posted his retirement note along with three pictures, drawing curtains on a 17-year career which saw him play in 93 Tests, 125 ODIs and 47 T20Is for the Proteas.
“Today, I officially retire from the game I love the most. Bittersweet but grateful,” the note read. Steyn claimed 699 international wickets across formats - 439 in Tests, 196 in ODIs, and 64 in T20Is - in his career that began in 2004. He had called it quits from the game’s longest format in 2019 and decided to focus on limited-overs cricket. The pacer was last seen in South Africa colours in February 2020 in a T20I against Australia. Reacting to the development, those linked to the cricketing fraternity took to Twitter to congratulate Steyn on a stellar international career. Here are a few reactions: ‘Steyn gun’
From one South African great to another!
Curtains on a brilliant international career
Coming from one of the most explosive batsmen
Impact Shorts
More ShortsAbsolutely
Statistics doing the talking
A class act, indeed
Word.
“Super-saiyen”
The aggression, the swing, the precision