It is actually quite difficult to find another player that became the top ranked bowler in Tests after just 24 caps under his belt. In our time, Kagiso Rabada did it when he jumped over James Anderson to become the number 1 bowler in Tests after helping his team beat India.

For Rabada, it was a dream come true. While he admits that it was what he craved for all along, there is always space for improvement—that striving for the best is what he desires to do all the time.

"It's what I always wanted to do (reaching No.1). Now, I just want to keep performing and winning games for the team and to keep getting better and better," Rabada was quoted saying on Cricinfo.

"There's always something you can improve on. Once you get something right, there's always something new that you can work on.

"I just need to just do more and more, striving for perfection. You are never going to reach perfection but at least [try to] get there and thereabouts."

With the plethora of pacers in the South African team, Rabada has found it difficult to get the chance to bowl with the new ball. While he hopes to bowl with the new ball, he also realizes that he might not get the chance to and is completely happy with bowling wherever the team wants him to.

 "I just bowl wherever the team wants me to bowl. I would like to open. It's a bit tough at the moment because there's two very good bowlers in those roles," he said. "I just like to bowl wherever the team requires me to and set my own aspirations aside. I am really happy with the roles I have been given, just to try and get wickets and defend at the same time, that's important."