Rabada to Test clubs outside the Big Three:' Play great cricket, give viewers entertainment '

South Africa short asserts that the players are responsible for keeping Test cricket dead by producing compelling performances.

Examine people from other Big Three nations are required to perform an appealing style of cricket to maintain the game's appeal, according to South African fast Kagiso Rabada, who is in his eighth year of worldwide cricket. Rabada has played 62 Test matches, which is less than his ODI ( 111 ) and T20I ( 65 ), but he thinks the longest format is the best and wants his fellow players to help keep it healthy.

" It's off to us as well to enhance the game. You look at the great three, Australia, England, India and they just have the most money to be quite coy. However, if you want those countries playing against you, then you need to be playing fine cricket. From Trinidad, where South Africa are preparing to play a two-test series against West Indies, Rabada said," You need to be challenging for that ICC mace or World Test Championship ( WTC )". One of the ways to maintain team harmony is through that. That's one point that the organisations is power: to enjoy great cricket".

Rabada, like all people of the modern age, has experienced the worldwide shift to T20, and benefited from it. In the last seven weeks, he has played in four distinct T20 contests- the SA20, IPL, T20 World Cup and MLC- but no Testing. Countries that struggle to pay for the opening of testing are in a unique position. South Africa and West Indies both fall into that category, with CSA opting for two-Test set for the remainder of the 2023-2025 WTC pattern and West Indies due to play the second-fewest number of Tests in the same time: 26 ( Sri Lanka, with 25 Checks, have a lighter plan ).

South Africa and especially West Indies, who finished ninth in the previous two WTC phases, have reason to be concerned about their long-format potential in light of recent discussions at the recently held World Cricket Connect occasion, which was hosted by the MCC. But Rabada hopes people can influence the thoughts of the decision-makers by putting in powerful shows.

" Cricket is about giving pleasure. Activity is about giving pleasure to the followers. And with cricket being the second-most favorite sport in the world, after sports, based on the numbers in the continent, it's quite certain that cricket is providing amusement for the followers", Rabada said. " And for the fans to get good pleasure, the cricket has to be great. I really feel as if when good cricket is played, therefore the best team want to play against those groups. It's off to us to enjoy good Test cricket. And if you play nice Test cricket, therefore you start to get a great following".

Rabada pointed to West Indies ' Test win over Australia in Brisbane in January as the kind of item that can burn a fan base.

" We witnessed the West Indies ' victory over Australia," which gave them a new lease on their Test cricket. And that is only required. The events after Shamar Joseph bowled the way that he did- citizens were crying, people were really personal. A photo can be the sum of a thousand words. Therefore all you have to do is glance at those moments and it'll remind you".

South Africa next place on a performance of this value when they defeated India in the same series in December of that year. Their next tremendous series gain was at home against India in the 2021-22 time, when they chased report totals at the Wanderers and Newlands to come from behind and claim a 2-1 triumph.

South Africa have not been a continuously competitive pressure in the longest style, particularly against Big Three factors, since about 2017-18. The times 2017 and 2018 are the only two in Rabada's job when he has played 10 or more Tests. In three of the last four decades, he has played five Testing or fewer.

Despite that, his profits remain among the best in the world. Rabada is ranked third on the ICC Test bowling figures and is within touching distance of becoming the fifth South American to get 300 innings. He needs only nine more. If he gets there in the first Test against West Indies, he will do it as quickly as Allan Donald, and only one Test slower than Dale Steyn, which emphasises his place among the greats, even though he is trying not to think about it.

" It will be such a special landmark but I'm not focused on that. It will just be a byproduct", he said. " I'm just focused on making sure that I'm there for the team and that I find a way to put in a performance. In the end, putting on a performance indicates that I'm contributing and that the team is heading in the right direction.

That also includes playing the kind of cricket that fans will want to watch, starting with the West Indies tour. Although South Africa made a pleasant comeback to international cricket in 1992 when they faced West Indies, their meetings have been sidelines and games against each other are played at odd hours for their home fans. With the exception of the one-time draw 32 years ago, West Indies have never defeated South Africa in a Test match. In the West Indies, they last beat South Africa in 2001. Therefore, Rabada's statement," We know that we can beat them," is not surprising. We do believe that we can beat them", but also that there's something bigger than just winning at stake.

It's also about the future of the game. My favorite place to travel is the Caribbean. I love coming here. There's a lot of history and cricket and cricketing history here", he said. It will be sad if there are only six ( Test ) teams, and it will be sad not to see West Indies play for the top teams as they once did because they used to rule world cricket.