“There is no better teacher than experience,” Kagiso Rabada said as he celebrated his 50th Test match with four wickets at Newlands here on Tuesday.
“The game is in limbo. We would have liked to have won the toss. We did well to restrict India to 223, we need to bat well.”
Regarding his encounter with Virat Kohli, the pacer said, “I was trying to swing the ball away and not bowl to his pads. Credit to him, he batted very well. He ‘quit’ too well.”
Rabada said, ‘There is still a lot in the wicket. You have no control over the circumstances. Batsmen have to grind it.”
About left-arm pacer Marco Jensen, Rabada said, “He has a strong desire to play, he’s a tough character… that’s the first thing you see in a player. He’s got the X-factor, he’s got the natural.” There’s talent, he can win the game for you.”
Indian batting coach Vikram Rathor said, ‘These are challenging conditions. We were expecting 50-60 more runs. We were under par today. There was some soft dismissal in the end. But we have the bowling to come back in the match.”
On Kohli’s batting, Rathor said, ‘Virat played a great innings. One good thing today was that he batted with a lot of discipline.
“They bowled him well in the beginning, they didn’t give him deliveries to drive, bite and pull. He fought from that era. Missed a lot of deliveries, showed patience. ,
It was coach Rahul Dravid’s birthday on January 11 and Rathore said that the team would cut the cake in the evening.
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