Kagiso Rabada

Kagiso Rabada (born 25 May 1995) is a South African professional cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowler for the South Africa national team. He also represents MI Cape Town in the SA20 and the Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. Since making his senior international debut in 2014, Rabada has established himself as one of the leading fast bowlers of his generation, holding one of the best bowling strike rates in Test cricket history. He has been a pivotal figure in the national team's successes, including their victory in the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. Quotes Pure instinct is what I went into professional cricket with You gain a lot of experience through instinct but what I realise is when you’re doing badly, you start thinking about a million things. When you’re doing well, because you’re in that flow state, you’re not thinking about much. When you’re younger, things just sort of happen on their own. The older you get, the more you have to be cognisant of what you were doing when you were younger, especially, when you get through difficult patches, He was working on (changing his backlift) for a few weeks and scored a 100 (149 against New Zealand in Cape Town in January 2006), Amla ended his Test career in 2019 with 9,282 runs — the 17th most all-time — from 124 Tests that included 28 centuries. To not become like someone else and get the best out of yourself by understanding what makes you stand out. For me, it was about being explosive. Not the same method works for everyone so it’s about understanding yourself. The fast-bowling action is one of the most studied in the world. People have written papers it’s not normal, it’s a bizarre action. You got the basics, your sleep, analysis, gym work — but the most important You must bowl — the others are just supplements. I could bore you with a whole lot of pointers in technical aspects. I try to be more conscious of myself to get to what I felt made me a good bowler: my natural ability to be explosive. Kagiso Rabada interview: Finding form at the IPL, bowling on instinct and his ‘bizarre’ profession,May 2026,The New York Times by Anantaajith Raghuraman