Proteas media says India 'needs to worry' over Steyn's 'good form' ahead of ODI series

The South African media has claimed that it may well be a bad omen for India that Dale Steyn is in a rich little vein of form in one-day international cricket.

According to Sport24, Steyn remains the gold-medal holder, as it were, in the five-day landscape, a situation unaltered for some time even if compatriot Vernon Philander is pretty hot on his heels in the ICC Test bowler rankings now.

However, Steyn also comfortably bowled deliveries around the 145km/h mark at Newlands, where South Africa lost the first ODI on Sunday primarily due to their batting worryingly stuttering again in pursuit of only 219, the report said.

Steyn just looks as though he is running, in broadest terms, into his most champagne form as South African spearhead, which will naturally have a great number of Indian fans nervous, the report added.

India begins an ODI combat against the Proteas only five days after the Pakistan series finishes, the report further said.