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Pakistan speedster Haris Rauf has named former South Africa star pacer Dale Steyn as the greatest cricketer seen in the last 25 years.
Haris, the second-highest wicket-taker in the ongoing Major League Cricket (MLC), featured in a recent interview on a sports platform, where he shed light on various aspects of his cricketing career.
During the interview, he heaped high praise on Dale Steyn, calling him the greatest cricketer.
“Dale Steyn,” Haris Rauf replied when he was asked about the greatest cricketer in the last 25 years.
The 31-year-old revealed his most memorable match in his cricketing career, highlighting the intensity of India-Pakistan matches.
“The 2021 World Cup, because I was playing in my first ICC event, and there was a lot of excitement about it,” he revealed.
“To play the first match against India and win it was very special. The kind of pressure there was because I have heard that India-Pakistan matches are very high-pressure games, and no doubt I felt that,” he recalled.
Haris Rauf called the One Day International (ODI) World Cup the most significant event in cricket today. He also emphasized the role of social media in cricketers’ lives nowadays, when asked about one thing he wished for the cricketers of the past.
“The ODI World Cup is the greatest event. I wish there was no social media because it was nowhere in the past, and players could come and go as they pleased and express their thoughts. Now, if you step out, there are ten videos made of you,” he said.
For the unversed, Haris Rauf made his T20I debut for Pakistan against Bangladesh in 2020 and has claimed 119 wickets in 85 matches. The pacer, hailing from Rawalpindi, has also played a Test and 50 ODIs.
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