Kagiso Rabada doesn't mind being away from the spotlight. The South Africa spearhead hasn't been at the forefront of the public memory these days like the previous three to four years, with India's fast bowling gem Jasprit Bumrah and England's pace sensation Jofra Archer stealing all the limelight away. 

But that's least of concerns for the 24-year-old, who is about to embrace the Indian shores for another gruelling tour that includes a very demanding three-match Test series against the No.1 ranked Test side from October 2. 

"I admire those bowlers, they are good bowlers," Rabada told iol.co.za. "However, the media hypes certain players, and that's OK; I know I have been playing very well. Archer is such a natural talent; Bumrah is doing wonders and that can force you to lift your game. You are not always at the top, that's one thing I can tell you."

The India tour will also be about leaving another disappointing World Cup campaign behind for Proteas and Rabada, who himself failed to perform to the best of his abilities as he saw his team exit the tournament in UK without a chance of reaching the knock-outs. 

"It's never easy maintaining a career; I've learned that there are a lot of ups and downs. I want to be the best in the world, everybody does," he said. "You are naturally going to compete in that fashion, I'm not too worried, I'm feeling nice and easy."

"I'm disappointed, not angry [about the World Cup]. What do I do with anger? When a setback comes you want to be determined, you don't want to change a lot of things. It's about seeing where you went wrong and then putting in extra work."

Rabada made his Test debut in India only on that 2015 tour when the Proteas were snatched off their No.1 tag after being embarrassed by a 3-0 series scoreline against the might of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in these conditions. 

However, the man feels past experience and preparations coming into this tour will definitely help the visitors. He even took a jibe at some of the tracks that South Africa encountered for Test matches four years back. 

"You need to figure out what you need to do to give the team a better chance to win that is what I try to focus on," Rabada told PTI recently. "When you have played there before you will have an idea of what to do in certain tough situations."

"The previous tour we were successful because we won the T20 and ODI series but the Test series was a bit of a shambles because those wickets were just terrible."

"If I could give an example the first Test match it was 200 v 200 in the first innings. If we batted first it was going to be a different ball game because we ended up having to chase the game. We lost 3-0 and we were truly hammered."

(Inputs from ESPNcricinfo)