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XtraTime Web Desk: Star South Africa pacer Dale Steyn is set to join Royal Challengers Bangalore for the remainder of IPL 2019. The veteran cricketer will replace Aussie pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile who has returned back to Australia as he suffered a stiff back. There was a speculation that Steyn will join Royal Challengers Bangalore midway through the IPL 2019 season after the seamer posted an image of his passport and Indian visa in his social media account on Thursday with a caption "Ahhh, what's this little surprise." The South African speedster deleted the post but the pacer will replace Coulter-Nile in the RCB squad. Steyn, who has 92 wickets in 90 matches in the IPL, will return to his former club, RCB for whom he played for three seasons between 2008 and 2011. Steyn had listed himself at a base price of Rs 1.5 crore at December's auctions. However, he went unsold. Steyn last played IPL for the now-defunct Gujarat Lions in 2016 wherein he returned home with an injury after playing only one match for the Suresh Raina-led franchise. He had pulled out of the 2017 auction in order to focus on the recovery from a career-threatening shoulder injury. Steyn went unsold in auctions ahead of the 2018 IPL season as well. Nonetheless, RCB's decision to bring the lethal pacer back into the squad should have been influenced by Steyn's recent form.