Ottis Gibson's eyes lit up while talking to Rabada and Morkel, claims Dale Steyn

South Africa’s premier fast bowler Dale Steyn recently stated that having a bowler as the Head Coach of the Protean team, i.e., Ottis Gibson, would be exciting for the current crop of bowlers in the team. Steyn, who has been out of action for almost one year now, revealed that during one of the team meetings, Gibson’s eyes lit up while talking to Kagiso Rabada and Morne Morkel.

Steyn also seemed glad about the fact that a bowler was chosen as a Head Coach as opposed to previously elected batsmen. Therefore, the coach would be viewing the game from a differently unlike a batsman.

“It’s the first time in my career I have had a head coach who was a bowler. With all due respect to the previous coaches, they were all batters, they see the game differently to the way that bowlers see the game,” stated Dale Steyn according to Espncricinfo.

Gibson’s Eyes didn’t light up as much while talking to Amla: Steyn

“When I sat in one or two meetings, I saw Ottis’ eyes light up when KG [Kagiso Rabada] was talking, I saw his eyes light up when Morne [Morkel] was talking; they didn’t light up so much when Hashim [Amla] was talking.It gets me excited because he is on the same wavelength as us,” said Steyn.

Steyn described his enthusiasm to see the Coach in the middle while the bowlers are bowling and not when the batters are batting in the nets.

“For the first time, it’s also great to see that the head coach is out in the middle when the bowlers are bowling and not in the nets with the batters. The love is being shared a little and I think the bowlers will start to get taken a little bit more seriously when it comes to decision making,” concluded the 34-year-old.