Kagiso Rabada on SA vs AUS WTC 2025 Final: South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is confident that his team can pull off a big upset against Australia in the final of the World Test Championship 2025 and said that the Proteas know how to defeat Australia. Have to beat, because planning is already underway for the one-off Test to be held at Lord’s. South Africa concluded their bilateral cycle with a 10-wicket win over Pakistan in Cape Town on Monday, following up their two-wicket win in Centurion with a clean sweep against Shan Masood’s side, sealing their maiden WTC final berth. Gave.
“It’s really a long way off, but a big occasion like a World Test Championship final prepares you for it. South Africa versus Australia has always been an intense rivalry because we play very similar cricket. We work hard “And they are going to give us a tough fight, and we know that,” Rabada, who took six wickets in the win to help the Proteas to their seventh consecutive Test win, said on SuperSport. this also Know how to defeat them.
Test cricket is our best format that we are playing right now. When you look at South African cricket and all our greats, they have all been great Test cricketers. The best players in the world are Test cricketers, and this series against Pakistan has been a great advertisement,” he said.
South Africa finished with 69.44 per cent of possible points to top the table, while fellow finalists Australia (63.73 per cent of possible points) could not surpass this figure even with a clean sweep win in their upcoming series against Sri Lanka. Could do. With no Test matches scheduled for South Africa ahead of the WTC final, Proteas coach Shukri Conrad has outlined possible preparations.
“We’ll try to play a Test match in the UK, possibly against Ireland or Afghanistan, whoever is free. “And if that fails, we’ll definitely go out a few days earlier, and make sure we play really well there. Kind of camp, probably in Canterbury,” Conrad said.