Having fetched R9.8m in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to play for the Delhi Daredevils earlier in 2017, Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has the added pressure of being the main marquee player for the Joburg Giants in SA’s inaugural Global T20 competition. Three years ago, Rabada had just left school without taking a five-for for St Stithians College. Now, he is the face of the Johannesburg-based Global T20 side that is owned by his Daredevils employers. It represents yet another pressure situation in a few years that have been defined by his being dragged out of his comfort zone. The fact that he already has the best bowling figures by a South African in ODIs and the second best in Tests suggests he has had few problems handling the demands of not only first-class cricket, but those of international cricket as well. "There’s always pressure to perform but there are ways you can deal with it‚" Rabada said at a school coaching clinic at Vorentoe High School in Auckland Park on Mon...
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