IPL 2024: Dale Steyn comes under attack from critics, trolled badly for taunting MI's young bowler

IPL 2024: Many records were made in the SRH vs MI match held on 27 March. On one hand, Abhishek Sharma became the fastest player to score a fifty for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL by scoring a fifty in 16 balls. Whereas SRH became the team scoring the most runs in a single innings of an IPL match with 277 runs. On the other hand, when MI also scored 246 runs while chasing the target, then for the first time 500 or more runs were scored in a single match of IPL. Meanwhile, 17-year-old South African cricketer Kwena Mafaka had given 66 runs in 4 overs in the same match, but now veteran South African cricketer Dale Steyn has taken a dig at Mafaka's performance.

Dale Steyn gets caught by critics

Dale Steyn, while posting on Critics have taken Stan to task for this comment. Some people also asked where Dale Steyn was when Mafaka gave an incredible performance by taking 21 wickets in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Fans have come out in support of 17-year-old Mafaka and they say that a bowler or batsman has to start his career from somewhere. Similarly, Dale Steyn may also have gone through a difficult phase in his career.

Mafaka is realizing the difference between the U19 and PRO leagues.

Baptism of fire.

– Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62) 27 March 2024

Some time ago, in an interview given to The Indian Express, Kwena Mafaka had described Dale Steyn as his idol and he wants to be like him. Mafaka also wants to bring aggression in his game like Steyn, but Dale Steyn, despite being a veteran, is trying to demoralize the young bowler Mafaka. In his Test career, Steyn took 439 wickets in 93 matches, 196 wickets in 125 ODI matches and 64 wickets in 47 T20 matches. Well, Mafaka may not have been able to play in his debut match, but captain Hardik Pandya has encouraged him and the entire team.

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