#2 Kagiso Rabada ( South Africa)
Kagiso Rabada is one of the fastest bowlers going around in the world right now. He has the ability to bowl at 140-150 kph along with the sideways moment which makes him one of the most lethal bowlers in the world currently. He has been the perfect successor of Dale Steyn, who dominated the world cricket with his exquisite fast bowling in the last decade. Rabada has become the spearhead of South African pace attack in the last few years with some sensational performances.
He has played 32 Test matches till date and picked up 151 wickets at an impressive strike rate of 39.3 along with 9 five-wicket hauls. In ODI's he played 53 matches and picked 83 wickets.
He is currently ranked second in the ICC Test rankings and holds the ninth position in ICC ODI rankings.
#1 Jasprit Bumrah ( India)
Jasprit Bumrah has become an integral part of the Indian team in all formats of the game. He has been India's best bowler in ODI's and T20's ever since his debut in 2016. He has an impeccable ability to bowl toe-crushing yorkers and deceptive slow balls in the death overs of the innings. He is undoubtedly the best death bowler in the world currently. He made his Test match debut earlier this year against South Africa and was highly successful.
He has played 41 ODI matches so far and picked up 72 wickets. In his short Test career so far he played 6 matches and picked up 28 wickets along with 2 five-wicket hauls.
He currently holds the first position in ICC ODI rankings.
Honorable mentions - Mitchell Starc has been excluded because he has not played much cricket lately due to recurring injury issues.
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