5 promising young cricket players in the world right now

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#3 Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)

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What is an interesting piece of trivia, which I realised right now while writing this article, is the fact that all 5 names on the list are players trying to make it big in Test Cricket at such a young age. In an age of T20 stardom, that is a very interesting fact.

Moving on, the third spot on our list is none other than 23-year old South African pacer Kagiso Rabada. The right arm fast bowler who bowls 140+ consistently in all formats for the Proteas has been South Africa's answer to ageing Dale Steyn and the Morkel brothers.

In just 32 Test Matches, and at the age of mere 23, Rabada has an astonishing 151 wickets for South Africa in the Test format, which is an amazing feat.

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