Kagiso Rabada
South Africa is a land of quality fast bowlers, ranging from Fanie De Villiers, Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini to Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel. Kagiso Rabada is nothing short of a sensational bowler for South Africa and has taken the cricketing fraternity by storm. In the fourth Test of England's 2015-16 tour of South Africa, Rabada became the youngest South African to take a ten-wicket haul. He has proved that he is the adept replacement for Dale Steyn who might be at the fag-end of his career.
Rabada's scintillating performance against Australia in the 2nd Test in March 2018 earned him a top spot in ICC Test bowler rankings with 902 points. Currently, he sits 2nd in the rankings, just ten points shy of James Anderson.
At the age of 23, the speedster has taken 151 wickets from just 32 tests at an impressive average of 21.71. He already has nine five- wicket and four ten-wicket hauls in his short career. He could very well be the man to threaten and ultimately gun down the long-standing record.
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