5 Most promising young fast bowlers in international cricket at the moment

It is widely accepted that the future of batsmanship is in safe and worthy hands, with the likes of Joe Root, Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli and Steve Smith already dominating the opponents and others like Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma and David Warner being fearsome and effective. All these cricketers are fairly young, and hence have the time and ability to become the next Sachins and Laras. However, who are the fast bowlers a fan should be looking forward to?

It is sometimes unintentionally overlooked and not as appreciated as it should be. We get overwhelmed by batting performances more than we do by bowling. It is no secret that bowling is the harder of the two and will face more challenges in future. With the never ceasing bat sizes and shorter formats, bat continues to dominate ball, and we spectators consciously applaud a double ton more than a ten for. Bowling is way tougher in modern day cricket.

At such a fragile time for bowlers, through which they have to keep themselves fit and be versatile and skilful enough to play in all formats, some bowlers have outperformed the others. This distinguished fab 5 are the future of pace bowling and have proved it timed again with their consistent and impactful performances. The road ahead may be hard, but they have a lot of dexterity in their armoury that provides the counterpunch and will help them conquer the batsmen in the future.

1. Mustafizur Rahman:

The 20-year old sensation from Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman has already awed people all over the world with his jaw dropping performances. He took a five-wicket haul on debut against a full strength Indian side, and followed that up with a six-fer. He then grabbed 4 wickets in his debut Test versus South Africa and hasn’t looked back since. In no time, he has ruled the roost, as far as Bangladeshi bowling attack is concerned.

His exemplary performances in T20s, with an economy of under 6, and an average under 15, has generated interest from domestic leagues worldwide and he has also repaid the massive faith by his charismatic performances. His 26 wickets in just 9 ODIs at a mind boggling average of 12 indicate that batsmen continue to struggle to pick him up.

Mustafizur’s control is immaculate and consistently bowls in troubling areas. He has a number of variations up his sleeve, with the off cutters and change of pace being his specialty. He has been Bangladesh’s best bowler in recent times and is arguably the main factor for their drastic improvement in the limited overs formats. The Fizz is likely to keep getting better, if he is groomed and managed efficiently.

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