Kagiso Rabada during the fifth ODI series match against England on Sunday at Newlands, Cape Town — PICTURE: GALLO IMAGES It is still not sinking in. Despite everything he has done and the records he has broken already, most of the country’s cricket lovers have failed to digest the potential impact Kagiso Rabada could have on the cricket landscape, locally and internationally.Or perhaps it is because of all the records that many are grappling to come to terms with the reality.It would be understandable if there were a mass outbreak of TGTBT (Too good to be true) scepticism.Maybe it is because he doesn’t bowl jaw-dropping deliveries such as Dale Steyn’s pitching-leg-hitting-off away swinger, or because he doesn’t hit batsmen very often courtesy of a wrist and bowling action that allows them to watch the ball from the moment they lock eyes on it.His skills are subtle but that often means they are more deadly than more obvious skills. It may look more exciting to swing the ball a foot a...
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