South African pace legend Dale Steyn on Saturday (October 29) picked his five favourite fast bowlers currently showcasing their skills at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.  

Steyn, who is covering the T20 World Cup as a commentator, has been keeping a close tab on all the action in the showpiece tournament Down Under.

The 39-year-old included two Proteas quicks namely Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje in his list.

"Rabada is the leader of the South African attack. I'm hoping South Africa can go on and win this World Cup and him doubling up with Anrich Nortje as my other fast bowler from South Africa, I think the two of them in combination are just fantastic," Steyn said, as quoted by t20worldcup.com.

"They've got great pace, they've got good skill especially in Australia, Rabada seems to up a level whenever he gets to Australia, so I'm looking for that competitive streak to come out of him, and the two of them can go on and help South Africa to win this World Cup."

Steyn’s third pick was England speedster Mark Wood, who has bowled some hostile spells in the ongoing T20 World Cup so far.

"Mark Wood is a favourite of mine from England," Steyn noted. "I saw him the other night and he said to me he's going to bowl well.

"I think he's the first fast bowler to bowl all 24 balls in his spell of four overs over 140 kilometres an hour. He didn't look to bowl one slower ball, he’s just absolutely fantastic.

"He wants to rush batters, bowls a great yorker and a fantastic bouncer, and I think if England are going to go all the way, Mark Wood’s going to take them there.”

Australia’s left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc is next to feature in Steyn’s list.

"He's just a fantastic fast bowler," Steyn said of Starc. "He is well experienced here in Australia, has won the World Cup a couple of times - a 50-over World Cup as well as a T20 World Cup with Australia.

"Heaps of experience again, another big wicket-taker, left-arm, something different, he scares the batters with sheer pace and just through exceptional experience over the years and World Cup-winning medals, he knows how to win tournaments.”

During the last year’s T20 World Cup in UAE, Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi wreaked havoc on quite a few batting line-ups and he also made it to Dale Steyn’s dream fast bowling line-up.

"And my final fast-bowler is Shaheen Shah Afridi, who again is another left-arm quick bowler," Steyn said. "We saw him in the previous T20 World Cup and he was just absolutely amazing.

"He has great skill, does look to swing it back to the right-handers and has got good skill when it comes to the slower ball, a very fast bouncer and again, another guy that Pakistan are going to rely on if they want to beat South Africa to make it through to the semi-finals.

"Shaheen Shah Afridi's going to be the guy."

(t20worldcup.com inputs)