South Africa was facing England for the T20I series recently, where the Proteas were fighting to avoid the whitewash. The Eoin Morgan's side overwhelmed them and took the entire spotlight in the T20I arrangement. In the most recent news event, South Africa's star pacer Kagiso Rabada has been ruled out of the ODI series. He went down with an adductor strain.
Rabada will be out for 3 weeks. Cricket South Africa has confirmed that Rabada has been released to ensure that he goes through legitimate recovery. The player will be recovering to be ready for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, scheduled for late December.
Rabada is an important part of the South African bowling line-up
England and South Africa will be facing each for the three ODIs beginning from December 4 in Cape Town. Kagiso Rabada is a key piece in South Africa's bowling set up.
In IPL 2020, Rabada took the entire spotlight. He finished first in the Purple Cap race with 30 wickets. The pacer of the Delhi Capitals assumed a vital role in pushing the team to its first IPL Final.
Discussing the T20I series among England and South Africa, the hosts were better in each segment. South Africa the last T20I by nine wickets. During the second T20I, Eoin Morgan's team crushed South Africa by four wickets. In the opening T20I, England won the match by five wickets.
Dawid Malan is the player of the series for his amazing performance with the bat. Malan was brilliant in this series.
Kagiso Rabada would be eager to help the team before South Africa take on their next big future assignment. It will be to see if Rabada can get over his injury. South Africa will be missing his services in the ODI series.