Watch: Steyn gun attempts to break the GoPro

Watch: Steyn gun attempts to break the GoPro: GoPro, the new-age camera is expected to become a regular fixture in competitive matches as broadcasters attempt to increase the viewer experience as was successfully done when Brendon McCullum sported the same during a charity match between ‘Help for Heroes XI’ and ‘Rest of the World XI’ last month.

Dale Steyn, one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, took up a challenge by the manufacturers of the GoPro. The bowler capable of bowling consistently above 140 kmph was to confront a unique challenge. No stranger to sharp bouncers and lethal swing the speedster was to attempt hitting the GoPro.

First off a length delivery and then off a bouncer with the manufacturers aiming to test whether the GoPro could withstand the hits without breaking. With an amateur batsman facing Steyn for the first part of the challenge, the star fast bowler was able knock down the GoPro fixed on the stumps with just his second ball.

For the bouncer challenge, safety measures had to be ensured and so the batsman was replaced by a cut-out with the GoPro fixed around the region of the top of the helmet. Steyn had to wait a little longer to complete this challenge but the end result was never going to be in doubt and an elated Steyn signed off with the a “boom.”

Steyn gun attempts to break the GoPro: