Dale Steyn’s high velocity bowling stemmed from a run-up and action that were almost balletic. It was brutal pace with grace.
Now 38 with 439 Test wickets behind him, Steyn is the pace bowling coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Tata-IPL. The former South African pace predator answered questions from The Hindu here on Friday.
Working with new pace bowling sensation Umran Malik
I could have been with any IPL franchise, but coming to Sunrisers and playing a role in Umran’s development is very satisfying. He is very much the talk of the town.
Umran’s attributes
He is very fast, something that cannot be taught. You have to be born with the ability to bowl fast. If you have that, the support staff can help you maintain that speed.
In this IPL, he has forced batters to play him differently with his scary pace, forced them out of their comfort zones, and got them into uncomfortable body positions.
He can swing the ball and bowl yorkers at will. The other night against Gujarat, four of his five victims were bowled. Umran has a nasty short-pitched ball. Batters anticipate that delivery and are preparing to cut or slash him when he bamboozles them with the yorker. It’s
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