“Even though he does it really well, I’d want him to think that’s where I’m going to bowl, and then get it up there because I like to swing the ball, I like to move the ball. Look for those three modes of dismissals, LBW, bowled and the caught behind,” Steyn told Sanjay Manjrekar on cricinfo.com.
Steyn’s latter half of the career was plagued by injuries which forced him to miss several Tests, especially the series against India in 2015, where he suffered a groin strain during the opening Test in Mohali and missed the rest of the four-match series.
He said that the key to misleading a batsman into believing that he was being set up for a short ball while the reality was totally different was to apply mind games in the first few overs.
“We know, every batter’s feet in the first 20 balls is not moving as well as he’s like to. His eyes haven’t adjusted, he hasn’t adapted to the wicket just yet. So, I’d want him to think I’m going to go short, but I’ll probably bowl six full balls to him…