Twitter reacts as Dale Steyn surpasses Shaun Pollock to become SA's leading wicket-taker in Tests

South African speedster Dale Steyn has broken Shaun Pollock's record of 421 Test wickets and has now become the highest wicket-taker for his country in Test matches. Steyn achieved this feat by picking up the wicket of Pakistani opener Fakhar Zaman in the ongoing Boxing Day Test match between South Africa and Pakistan.

Heading into this Test series, Steyn also had 421 wickets to his name and needed just one more dismissal to break Pollock's record. Steyn's fans did not have to wait much as on the first ball of the 7th over of the series' 1st innings, he picked up his 422nd test wicket by sending Zaman back to the pavilion, with Dean Elgar taking the catch to dismiss him.

Dale Steyn had made his Test debut way back in 2004 and has been one of the integral parts of the Proteas pace attack since then. The Phalaborwa native has played 89 Test matches for his nation and was hailed by many critics as the next big thing in South African cricket. Clearly, the pacer did not disappoint them as he has 26 five wicket hauls and 5 ten wicket hauls in his 14-year long Test career.

Though his career has been marred by injuries of late, Steyn has managed to return to the national team and is once again providing the best of his services to South Africa. A lot of cricket fans were waiting for Steyn to break this record and the same was visible on the micro-blogging site, Twitter which went berserk when the South African speedster took his 422nd test wicket.

Here are some of the best Twitter reactions to Steyn's record -

DALE STEYN MAKES HISTORY! 🙌With Fakhar Zaman's wicket, his 422nd, the South Africa paceman becomes his country's most successful Test bowler.READ ⬇️https://t.co/kxEmcEVuqo pic.twitter.com/4u9liXGqbK

— ICC (@ICC) December 26, 2018

Dale Steyn breaks Shaun Pollock's record of 421 Test wickets to become the leading wicket-taker for South Africa. #SAvPAK pic.twitter.com/okDPeoAPas

— Sir Jadeja (@SirJadeja) December 26, 2018

Dale Steyn, we salute you! What a man, what a player. Fitting that “Simply the best” is playing at Supersport Park, where everything started! Congrats legend @DaleSteyn62

— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) December 26, 2018

DALE STEYN MAKES HISTORY!!! Steyn is the leading wicket taker in South African test cricket.That’s a mighty 422 test scalps for the SA CRICKET SUPERSTAR 🔥🔥🔥Finally top of the charts 💃💃💃#ProteaFire #SAvPAK pic.twitter.com/GwiKNG7Rtj

— Kass Naidoo (@KassNaidoo) December 26, 2018

Dale Steyn took his 400th Test wicket on 30 July 2015. It has taken him 1245 days get the next 22 wickets to go past Shaun Pollock's SA record. This is just his 9th Test in that time.

— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) December 26, 2018

Most Test wickets for 🇿🇦 422 DALE STEYN421 Shaun Pollock390 Makhaya Ntini330 Allan Donald309 Morne Morkel291 Jacques Kallis#SAvPAK

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) December 26, 2018

Dale Steyn has just become the leading Test wicket-taker for South Africa, overtaking Shaun Pollock. "Long live the king," says Pollock. "If there’s anyone in South African cricket who deserves to be top, it’s that man." #SAvPak #DaleSteyn

— Liam Brickhill (@Gomorezvidinha) December 26, 2018

The great Dale Steyn takes his 422nd Test wicket and becomes the highest wicket-taker in Test history for South Africa #SAVPAK #Cricket

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) December 26, 2018

422 - Dale Steyn becomes the leading wicket taker for South Africa in Test cricket history.

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 26, 2018

After a patient wait, Dale Steyn just went past Shaun Pollock's long standing record of 421 wickets to become South Africa's highest wicket-taker in Tests! Congratulations, @DaleSteyn62!#PlayBold #SAvPAK

— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) December 26, 2018

Also, here's how Shaun Pollock reacted to Steyn's remarkable achievement.

Well done @DaleSteyn62 👑 pic.twitter.com/YzZM7O7ghg

— Shaun Pollock (@7polly7) December 26, 2018

Well done @DaleSteyn62 Well deserved. The work you put in behind closed doors pays off. This is a perfect example.Hopefully many more wickets still lie ahead 🥂

— Jacques Kallis (@jacqueskallis75) December 26, 2018