WATCH: Ball slips out of Dale Steyn’s hand; Steve Smith hits it for four in Johannesburg T20I

Dixit Bhargav | 22/02/2020
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Ball slips out of Dale Steyn’s hand: The Wanderers T20I witnessed a hilarious moment involving the South African fast bowler and the Australian batsman.

During the first T20I of the ongoing Australia’s tour of South Africa in Johannesburg, veteran South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn and Australia batsman Steve Smith were involved in a hilarious incident.

It all happened on what would have been the penultimate delivery of the third over when the ball slipped out of Steyn’s hand just as he was about to deliver it. It is worth mentioning that Steyn’s hand touched his ear which led to the ball reaching Smith in two bounces.

Smith, who seemed to be in no mood of letting a scoring opportunity go waste, stepped down the track to hit the ball down the ground for a boundary. However, the ball was eventually declared as a no-ball.

After South Africa captain Quinton de Kock won the toss and chose to field, Australia posted a handsome 196/6 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the first over itself, Smith top-scored for the visitors with 45 (32) including five fours and a six.

Australia all-rounder Ashton Agar registered his maiden five-wicket haul and T20I hat-trick to play a pivotal role in bundling out the home team for 89 in 14.3 overs. Having registered bowling figures of 4-0-24-5, Agar was declared the Man of the Match.

Ball slips out of Dale Steyn’s hand

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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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