Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen interviewed Dale Steyn via Instagram Live where they talk about the present situation and also about the cricket which has come to a standstill amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Dale Steyn recalled how he was preparing for his team Islamabad United’s match the next day when he was informed via a meeting that he had to leave PSL midway and go back home due to the coronavirus threat across the globe. Moreover, he shared that the manager came to his room to ask him to do his packing quick as they had to reach the airport in an hour.
“I was in South Africa even before the match started, it was very quick,” he added.
However, later PSL had to be called off just before the start of the semifinals amid the coronavirus threat. Steyn, who returned to the international cricket recently after an injury, said that despite being a lot of series are there, nothing is confirmed when the situation will get better. To fight against the virus, South Africa have been in a 21-day military-patrolled lockdown from Friday and all the people have been staying at home only.
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“Was playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) this year, so Ab de Villiers, Virat Kohli and Aaron Finch. Had to go to IPL directly from PSL, after that had to go to Sri Lanka and then play against West Indies but everything is like just gone.”
“It is atest for us, the time when people have to take care for each other but they are at the beaches, I mean what are they doing, there must be a reason why that is happening,” Dale Steyn shared. “I can do my own laundry, I will clean my room as well during the period.”
When Kevin Pietersen asked Steyn to name the South African cricketer, who will be hating most the isolation period, he took the name of former all-rounder Jacques Kallis.
“He became a father recently, he will be changing the nappies and would not even be able to come out of his house,” Steyn and Pietersen said jokingly.
While talking about his best spell, the speedster said that it was in the Nagpur Test in 2010 when he took 7 wickets in the 1st innings which included the wicket of batting great Sachin Tendulkar.
