New Delhi: South Africa baller Kagiso Rabada believes that playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) becomes helpful for touring teams in the future as information about the Indian players gets easily passed on during the T20.
Indian fans first took notice of Rabada as a youngster when he defended 11 runs in the final over against M.S Dhoni in the ODI at Kanpur in October 2015, where South Africa won the series 3-2.
Over the years, Rabada has grown to be a favorite with Indian fans through his IPL career with Delhi Capitals and more recently, Punjab Kings. Overall, Rabada has picked 99 wickets in 63 matches in the IPL.
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Rabada told broadcasters ahead of the first ODI, “It is something we have prepared before going into the series. Luckily enough with leagues like the IPL, we play a lot with these players and against them as well, so information can be easily passed around these days. But yes, analysis has been done and it has to be done.”
“I think T20 cricket and One-Day cricket are kind of similar, it is just a longer version of it. You generally like to have similar gameplans and obviously, it is a bit less pressure than in T20 cricket, I would say the processes are pretty similar,” he added.
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With rain causing a delay in the toss and start of the first ODI in Lucknow, Rabada signed off by hoping that play happens.
“I guess it comes down to the cliche, ‘control what we can control’. Unfortunately, the rain is around and we can’t do much about it, hopefully, we can get on to play.”
