Steve Smith names four bowlers dominating world cricket currently

Steve Smith is indeed one of the finest batters going around and his record across formats is nothing but phenomenal. He tormented many prominent bowling line-ups in his illustrious career and scored runs all over the globe. From playing marathon knocks in Test matches to scoring quick-fire cameos in T20s, there’s arguably nothing which Smith can’t do with the bat in hand. He, in fact, is the fastest batter to score 7000 Test runs.

Not many bowlers around the world would enjoy tackling a batter of Smith’s caliber. However, there are also few names whom the Aussie star found challenging. In fact, there are four. During a Q/A session on the picture-sharing website, Smith was asked to name the most dominant bowler currently. In reply, Smith took names of India’s Jasprit Bumrah, England’s James Anderson, South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada, and his countryman Pat Cummins.

Steve Smith names fab four of bowling

Smith called them four of the best bowlers going around. Interestingly, all the four names Smith took happens to be fast bowlers. Anderson has certainly aged like fine and only seems to get better with time. As mentioned by Smith as well, the England pacer recently surpassed Anil Kumble’s tally of 619 international wickets to become the third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.

Although Smith and Cummins are comrades, it seems like the top-ranked Test bowler gives Smith a tough time in the net sessions. As far as Bumrah and Rabada are concerned, the duo has every weapon in their arsenal to trouble the best of bowlers. Hence, not many eyebrows were raised when Smith revealed his lot of best bowlers going around.

Meanwhile, the 31-year-old has been out of action for a while due to his elbow injury. He was last seen in the now-postponed Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 where he played just six matches for Delhi Capitals. His elbow issues seemed to have deteriorated during the course of the tournament and he underwent surgery subsequently.

With the T20 World Cup 2021 being just a couple of months away, Aussie fans would want Smith to get fit before the global tournament. However, only time could tell when the star batsman will make a comeback over the 22 yards.