South African pace bowler Kagiso Rabada has opened up on the struggles fast bowlers face on the Indian wickets prior to the 2023 World Cup later this year. However, the veteran pace bowler feels he has reached an age where he knows how to read any pitch well too. With the World Cup set to take place in India, Rabada has decent ODI numbers in the country as well. In seven ODIs in India, he has claimed 13 scalps which came at an average 25.85 and an economy rate of 5.18 as well.
Speaking to IOL Sport, the right-arm speedster claimed: “Playing in India is really tough as a fast bowler on some of those wickets. I guess the challenge now, at the age that I am, is to know (and understand) the basic information that a newbie wouldn’t know. You are always learning and always looking to be as effective as you can be on different wickets. It is all about reading (the pitch) better and that is in combination with the goals that you set.”
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Meanwhile, Kagiso Rabada struggled to make an impact for the Punjab Kings in IPL 2023. In six matches, he could only manage seven wickets at an average of 33.14 and had an economy rate of 10.09 as well.
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“I am always confident in my abilities as a cricketer. As a leader, it is something that I am learning. It is not something that you just get right, and it is not something that is textbook. There has to be a nuisance to it, and I think people lead in different ways. I think I am finding my own leadership style. I am opening my mind to it so as not to follow a more mundane approach,” he concluded.
