Kagiso Rabada on the 2nd Day of the ongoing MCG Test between SA and AUS grabbed headlines due to his involvement in a hilarious incident.
In a tickling clip doing rounds on Twitter, fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground were seen cheering the bowler and imitated Rabada’s warm-up exercise near the fine-leg rope move for move.
Though one can argue Kagiso Rabada was having a serious stretch as he was next in line to bowl, the smile on his face being well aware of the MCG crowd copying him suggested otherwise.
Notably, the bowler’s antics provided the crowd some much-needed respite in the scorching heat at Melbourne.
Kagiso Rabada – what a guy! pic.twitter.com/cGbgPZikPU
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 27, 2022
David Warner’s double ton deflates Kagiso Rabada and co.
Though the Protea pacer had the upper hand at owning the fun quotient of the day, it was the Kangaroos who dominated the crucial proceedings.
Playing his 100th test for Australia, David Warner went back to his roots as his super-attacking double ton at the MCG deflated Kagiso Rabada and co. The left-hander raced to a 224-ball-200, hurting the sentiments of South Africa bowlers before he himself retired hurt owing to severe cramps.
The visitors had lost the first test at Gabba before Cameron Green’s 5 for 27 skittled them for 189 in the first innings of the ongoing second test.
Elgar’s unit needed something special from their star-studded pace unit that comprises Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje and Marco Jansen but David’s double –combined with a vital 85 from Steve Smith– has almost made them certain an MCG loss.
The hosts (AUS) ended the second day at 3 for 386 and lead South Africa by 197 runs already. Travis Head has launched a counter-attack on the visitors and with Green and Carey there to lend him support, an innings defeat is on the cards for Dean Elgar and co.
