South African great Jonty Rhodes heaped praise on pacer Kagiso Rabada for his incredible performances in all three formats of the game. After the retirement of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander, Rabada has been leading the Proteas side’s pace unit in the transitional period. The 25-year-old has already played 50 Test matches for South Africa in which he has taken 233 wickets at an astonishing average of 22.4. Over the years, South Africa have relied heavily on Rabada to pick up crucial wickets in big matches.
Rhodes, who is one of the greats to have played for South Africa, feels that Rabada is going to be the future legend of the game from the country. Rhodes feels that the young pacer has a really heavy workload and is learning to manage it like other legends as Dale Steyn did during his playing days.
“I think for Rabada (the future legend of South Africa), he is a young fast bowler who has a really heavy workload and it has taken a toll and he is learning to manage it. Rabada has been so incredible in every format of the game, he is still learning what it takes to be able to perform to the best of his abilities in every game he plays. Because he is not the kind of player who comes and wants to bowl at full speed under maximum captaincy. For me someone like Rabada is going to be a real legend of the game in South Africa,” Rhodes said in a virtual press conference ahead of the upcoming ‘Legends League’ tournament.
Apart from Test cricket, Rabada has been an asset to South Africa in the limited-overs format as well, where he has so far taken 126 wickets in ODIs and 49 in T20Is. In the recently concluded Test series against India, Rabada was the leading wicket-taker with 20 wickets, which played a key role in South Africa’s 2-1 series win.
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