#pace battle

2 incidents tagged

Steyn Targets Kohli — Durban 2013, South Africa vs India

South Africa vs India

26 December 2013

Dale Steyn bowled a sustained and hostile spell at Virat Kohli during India's tour of South Africa in 2013-14, hitting him multiple times on the body and helmet. Kohli showed growing maturity in absorbing the blows and fighting back. Their exchanges across the series became one of cricket's great fast-bowler-batsman rivalries of the era.

#dale steyn#virat kohli#durban 2013

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Shoaib vs Flintoff — 100mph vs England's Warrior, Pakistan 2006

Pakistan vs England

20 January 2006

Shoaib Akhtar targeted Andrew Flintoff with express pace throughout Pakistan's 2006 home series against England — the first between the countries on Pakistani soil in 13 years. Their duel — cricket's fastest bowler against England's most physically imposing batsman — was one of the great individual battles of the mid-2000s era.

#shoaib akhtar#andrew flintoff#multan 2006