Chante Hohip24 June 2025 | 7:34
LISTEN: ‘It’s beautiful to see joy on South African faces!’ – Kagiso Rabada
KG was among the key players in the Proteas victory at the World Test Champions final, picking up nine wickets. Robert Marawa interviews the Legend-of-Legends.
Kagiso Rabada and Robert Marawa. Photo: 947
947’s Robert Marawa speaks with legendary Proteas bowler Kagiso Rabada.
Listen below:
The Proteas made history this month, winning their first International Cricket Council (ICC) title since 1998 when they beat Australia at the World Test Championship final at Lord's in London, England.
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“Watching it as a kid and then also exorcising the loss… It’s finally nice for South Africans to say that we’ve won an ICC event... It’s just beautiful to see the joy on South Africans’ faces.”
– Kagiso Rabada, legendary cricketer
“It was about forgetting what had happened and putting all the focus into what you had to do… I had a feeling that we were going to win… That’s a special team.”
– Kagiso Rabada, legendary cricketer
Rabada excelled in the Test match, picking up nine wickets, despite returning from a one-month ban for recreational drug use.
He says it was important not to let one bad moment define him and his career.
“... it was just extremely silly... made me learn some valuable lessons the hard way… I don’t condone my actions; it wasn’t my proudest moment..."
– Kagiso Rabada, legendary cricketer
Scroll up to the audio player to listen to the discussion.