WATCH: AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn involved in hilarious confrontation in Mzansi Super League

AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn involved in hilarious confrontation: The two South African legends came opposite each other in Cape Town.

During the 22nd match of the ongoing second season of the Mzansi Super League between Cape Town Blitz and Tshwane Spartans in Cape Town, Tshwane Spartans batsman AB de Villiers and Cape Town Blitz fast bowler Dale Steyn were involved in a hilarious confrontation.

It all happened on the third delivery of the 14th over when de Villiers hit a Steyn delivery back to him. With Steyn not collecting the ball cleanly, it was de Villiers who picked the ball up and returned it to the bowler.

Steyn, who gave the impression of having fun with his dear friend, threw the ball back to the stumps and hilariously appealed to the square leg umpire regarding a run-out.

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With de Villiers once again picking the ball up and returning it to Steyn, he eventually grabbed it and started walking back. It is worth mentioning that both de Villiers and Steyn had made their Test debut in the same match back in 2004. The veteran cricketers share a healthy chemistry between them.

Chasing a 158-run target, Spartans were restricted to 142/7 in 20 overs as the hosts registered a 15-run victory. With bowling figures of 4-0-10-3, Steyn was the pick of the bowlers for his team. It was Steyn who dismissed de Villiers (31) in the 14th over itself.

After Blitz captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and chose to bat, his team posted a mediocre 157/5 in 20 overs on the back of batsman David Bedingham’s third T20 half-century, 53 (40).

AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn involved in hilarious confrontation

Having both won and lost four matches, Cape Town are at No. 4 in the points table. On the other hand, Spartans are at No. 3 with three wins in seven matches.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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