It has been a long time since South African pacer Dale Steyn graced the cricket field with his relentless pace. The speedster has been out injured for over a year and will finally be back in action against Zimbabwe in the inaugural 4-day Test.

While the world is awaiting to witness Steyn back in action, Indian spinner Harbhajjan Singh claims that the South African will find it very difficult to get back to the groove in the international arena. The off-spinner believes that Steyn might have been the best pacer in the last decade, but getting back on track is always hard and that the series against Zimbabwe isn’t the best of events to judge what he can do against India in January.

“Dale Steyn is unarguably the best fast bowler of the last 10 years but coming back into international cricket is not easy. A Test match against Zimbabwe will not exactly be an indicator of what he can do against India,” Harbhajan said during an interview when asked about the upcoming South Africa series.

“Look at the Indian batting line up. We have so much quality. Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma. This is perhaps among the best line-up in world cricket.”

And Bhajji is confident that the South Africans will find it hard to stop the Indian batting line-up when the bowlers themselves are still recuperating.

“For both Steyn and Morkel, it will be a challenge to stop this line-up especially when they themselves will need to get into the groove,” he enthused.

The ‘Turbanator’ then assessed about the pitches in South Africa, stating the lack of lateral movement means that the only thing the batsmen have to worry about is bounce.

“The kookaburra ball, as everyone knows, will stop seaming after 20 odd overs. Plus it’s only the bounce that needs to be taken care of.”