A simple prompt in ChatGPT ranks Dale Steyn among the top five fast bowlers since 1990. Overall, in his career, Steyn has taken 439 wickets in 93 Tests, 196 scalps in 125 ODIs, and 64 more in 47 T20Is. He has taken 699 wickets across the three formats and has one name in mind when asked about the batter he would still love to bowl at.
“Best pure pace + aggression + movement combination of the 2000s/10s,” it gave as the reason. The list also includes the likes of Wasim Akram , Glenn McGrath , Curtly Ambrose, and Waqar Younis .
“Probably Mohammad Hafeez , whom I got out probably 16 times. He is a boy wonder, somebody who is a treasure for Indian cricket,” Steyn told NDTV in a select media gathering during an interaction facilitated by SA20 in the lead-up to Season 5. Sooryavanshi had a solid show in IPL 2026, scoring 776 runs to bag the Orange Cap, and the left-hander has subsequently been included in India’s T20I squad for the tour of Ireland and England.
Because i got him out,” he said, i will just take his name.
Recently, the pace great, who has played in the IPL too, where Sooryavanshi is currently making waves, said that wonder kid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is going to achieve far bigger things than stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli by the time he finishes his career. “Sooryavanshi is a different gravy, man! He’s better than most international players right now.
