After announcing retirement from all forms of the game, the South African pacer Dale Steyn has shared a number of anecdotes from his playing career. Speaking of Sachin Tendulkar, the 38-year-old admitted to have deliberately given a single to the Indian cricket legend in order to bowl at ‘weaker’ batsmen.
“Yeah, definitely. As a fast bowler I want to run in and to everyone, I want to bowl high speeds all day long, but sometimes you just know that, sometimes, the guy batting at the other end isn’t affected, it doesn’t bother him and he’s not concerned, so there’s no point wasting energy. So you concentrate on the ‘weaker’ link,” Steyn said in an FAQ on the RMS Advisory global website.
Speaking the portal, Steyn didn’t shy away from admitting that there was no point going for ‘big buffaloes’ as they would take you down with ease.
“They will always target the weakest link so that they can carry on surviving and that’s exactly what I did in my cricket. There’s no point in going for the big buffalo if he’s going to take you down. I went for the babies, knocking them off one by one. And I could still win. So yes, give him the single, bowl to the other guy,” Steyn explained.
