SA international cricketer Kagiso Rabada. (Leon Sadiki)
Fast bowlers usually take five years to gain physical maturity but, Simnikiwe Xabanisa writes, Kagiso already has the hang of it.
He comes bearing (natural) gifts.
“He’s a clever boy, a natural athlete. He enjoys hard work and has phenomenal ability,” says Gordon Parsons, Rabada’s bowling coach at the Highveld Lions.
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