South Africa legend Dale Steyn announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday.
The 36-year-old, who played the last of his🍬 93 Te⛦sts against Sri Lanka in February this year, scalped 439 wickets during his career, making him the leading wicket-taker in South African Test history.
Fast🐼 bowler Steyn, the eighth leading wicket-taker in history, will continue to be available for one-day and T20 internationals.
Meanwhile, Twitterati can’t stop showering love and appreciation for Steyn on an excellent Test career.
Here’s how Twitter lauded Steyn
The greatest of his generation. Stats don’t lie and test stats is the best . I know how much test cricket means to you bud and how badly you still wanted to achieve more . Hopefully we will still see a lot of this action.🍒 #🐐
— Faf Du Plessis (@faf1307)
𓄧Too many memories to mention! We started together many years back and I had the privilege and front row seats of watching turn into the best bowler of his time. You are the greatest, an even better…
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17)
Absolute legend, congratulati💝ons you stand above them a🎃ll.
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
Congrats on a wonderful career buddy & yes you did entertain us all ! Well done ! The game is poorer without y🌱ou mඣate
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne)
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I love you
— Chris Morris (@Tipo_Morris)
Dale Steyn has retired from Test cricket.
Today is a sad day.
— Derek Alberts (@derekalberts1)
Salute 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
One of the greats indeed.— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa)
What a bowler… brought the heat! Congratulations on a terrific tast career Hoooolio…..
— Roelof van der Merwe (@Roela52)
Without a shadow of a doubt the best bowler I’ve played with in every condition 🙌🏼 Besides the skill heꦗ was the probably the coolest fa🍬st bowler around 🛹 🎣 🏄🔥 Welcome to the real world Loved every minute of how you played your heart out for our country👌🏼
— Robin John Peterson (@robbie13flair)
The best of his Era!!!
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris)
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Dale Steyn…The Best Test Fast Bowler Of His Era. One of the finest ever. You’ll be missed.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
After 93 Tests and 439 Test wickets, the Proteas speedster today bids adieu to Test cricket. We enjoyed the contest i𓂃n whites with you.
Go well,
— BCCI (@BCCI)
One of the greatest of all 🎀time says goodbye to test cricket, a form of the game he adorned and🉐 enriched. He was one of the great sights of our game, gliding in, swinging the ball at speed. He has a place in history.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Dale Steyn is once🍰 in a generation cricketer, was the No. 1 Test bowler for nearly 6 years. Arguably the only one from𝐆 this era who can match the great fast bowlers of the 80s & 90s. If you have watched him bowl, you have seen pace bowling at its very best. Farewell !
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
A cricketing great bids adieu to Test cricket 🙌
Congratulations on a fantastic career, !
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Gutted and shocked to hear that is retiring from test cricket. One bowler who dominated in the batsmen's era. Unarguably, the greatest bowler of this generation in test cricket. Sad that injuries took a toll on his cricket. A huge loss to Test cricket.
— George 🍿🎥 (@georgeviews)
93 Tests
439 Wickets
1 Unstoppable Force
Your Lit Deliveries Will Be Missed In Test Cricket Dale 🎃Steyn, Cheers On Completing A Great Career With The Red Ball! 👊�꧟�— Prathamesh Avachare (@onlyprathamesh)
