Rabada is fast emerging as South Africa's leading bowler
With Dale Steyn's body unable to cope with the demands of Test cricket on a regular basis, South Africa needed someone capable of filling the void left by their pace spearhead. Kagiso Rabada has done all that and then some.
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South Africa's leading wicket-taker in 2017 with 57 wickets, Rabada started off the year with a bang, picking up a 10-wicket match-haul against the visiting Sri Lankans at Cape Town. He ended 2017 in a similar manner, with a 10-wicket haul against Bangladesh before a rather subdued performance against Zimbabwe witnessed him scalp just three.
On the way, he also encountered the English and New Zealand, delivering consistent spells at breathtaking pace and ending the year as the No. 2 ranked Test bowler.
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After a brief and undistinguished stint as an electrical engineer, Arvind discovered his true calling was churning out hyperbolic prose about athletes he had never met.
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