Rabada wrote on Faf’s post that, ” My girlfriend is complaining.”
South African bowler Kagiso Rabada (Photo Credit- AFP)
Half of the Indian batsmen were back into the pavilion at 92/7 in Newlands, Cape Town in their first innings of the first Test against South Africa when star all-rounder Hardik Pandya had come in to bat. Pandya along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar added 99 runs for the eighth wicket and frustrated the Proteas seamers by countering their bowling attack.
The way the duo was stabilising Indian inning, South African skipper Faf du Plessis was forced to shuffle his options during the second session of the second day’s play. And the captain’s strategy was successful as Kagiso Rabada stopped Pandya’s assault by sending him back to pavilion at the score of 93.
The Proteas captain was so pleased with Rabada for taking Pandya’s wicket that he kissed African pacer on his forehead after Hardik’s departure.
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Du Plessis even shared that photograph on Instagram and captioned it , “This is what you get when you become the nr 1 fast bowler in the world ,a massive _. Well done @rabada_25 .You deserve it champion.”
Just in few minutes, the post was flooded with comments, but it was Rabada’s comment that stole the limelight. Rabada wrote on Faf’s post that, ” My girlfriend is complaining.”
Last year, Indian team under skipper Virat Kohli were invincible and it was like there was nothing that this team could not do. Virat was just a step behind from breaking Ricky Ponting’s nine consecutive Test series win record.
Expectations were high when the visitors landed in the rainbow nation on 28 December. Some cricket experts even believed that this team had the potential to win the maiden Test series in South Africa.
But the way India’s batting line up was rattled by Proteas seamers in the opening Test match, winning a Test series in South Africa now looks like a distant dream.
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