Rabada: Time for Proteas to move on from WTC euphoria
Proteas pace bowler Kagiso Rabada believes the time has come for the team to move on from the euphoria of winning the World Test Championship final against Australia.
The players are currently Down Under, where they are preparing to face the Aussies again in a white-ball series.
The first of three T20s will be played in Darwin on Sunday. The series will be followed by three one-day matches.
Rabada is relishing the continuation of the rivalry between the two countries.
He says they are now moving toward the T20 World Cup and will have a different approach.
"I think it was special, and I've done so many interviews on that since," Rabada said of South Africa’s victory over Australia at Lord’s in June.
"I think it's time to move on. I don't think we'll forget about that ever as a team, and South Africa won't ever forget, but it's time to move on now," he told a press conference on Thursday.
The victory in the WTC final ended several near misses for South Africa in limited-overs World Cups.
“Moving toward the T20 World Cup, I guess the approach will be a bit different. Now, you know, there's no fear of anything," Rabada said, adding that the players are relishing a reprisal of the rivalry between Australia and South Africa.
"It's always some hard cricket being played, some good cricket. Whenever we play Australia, I always feel like they get the best out of us, because they're sort of in our faces. And I guess we like that."
