I am living through Umran Malik, want to do what Alan Donald did for me: SRH bowling coach Dale Steyn

IPL 2022: Dale Steyn said he is relishing the role of SunRisers Hyderabad bowling coach and the experience of working with young pacers, including Umran Malik. Steyn said the tearaway Indian pacer has been asked to continue bowling at full tilt without worry much about leaking runs.

Legendary South African fast bowler Dale Steyn said on Friday that he is enjoying sitting back and watching Umran Malik rattle opposition batters with his pace in IPL 2022. Adding that he is relishing the bowling coach role at SunRisers Hyderabad, Steyn said he wants to do to Umran Malik what Alan Donald did to him during the early stages of his decorated career - being a mentor.

Dale Steyn's jubilant reaction to Umran Malik's searing yorker that knocked the poles, leading to Shreyas Iyer's dismissal, went viral on social media as the senior fast bowler enjoyed seeing a youngster do what he did to many batters during his heyday.

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Umran has been making the world sit up and take notice of him with his raw pace for SunRisers. The 22-year-old, who was surprised at his retention by SRH, has consistently clocked over 150 kph in IPL 2022. On Friday, Umran's improvement was on display as the pacer bowled with a lot more control, finishing with figures of 2/27.

Speaking to Star Sports after SRH decimated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets, Dale Steyn refrained from taking credit for Umran's success in the IPL.

"Umran is fantastic. It (his performances) is no reflection of me at all. It's all him at the moment. He has got amazing skills, he is showing everybody, bowling 150 kph. I am kind of living through him, wishing I could do it. But it's all him at the moment. He is certainly somebody whom we should keep an eye on for the future," Steyn said.

Batting great Sunil Gavaskar marveled the opportunity for Umran, saying the young India pacer will be yearning for applause from Steyn when he doe well for SRH.