JOHANNESBURG: Five days sooner than the overall Test on a pitch that bore an excessively green tinge, pacer Kagiso Rabada stated South Africa are gunning for a whitewash of India, having trampled the visitors in the first two matches.
The hosts have taken an unassailable 2-Zero lead with convincing wins in the first two Tests, with Rabada producing a match-winning spell on the Newlands.
"Obviously we know how to play fast bowling and we've got respect for their attack. Every game you go into, you want to win. So obviously we want to get a whitewash against India."
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Rabada stated that India are too reliant on skipper Virat Kohli, who scored his 21st Test hundred at Centurion.
"I believe they do rely on him. But it is just like we rely on a couple of avid gamers too. I'm not saying India shouldn't have any quality avid gamers, they do. But it is just a fact - Kohli rankings most in their runs.
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"It is truly enjoyable bowling to the likes of him. He was once named ICC Player of the Year (sic), so it is somewhat cool to go up against the most efficient."
When asked about India's lack of preparation going into the sequence, he stated, "I don't know what's going on of their preparation. That's no longer something we need to look at truly.
"We've got no concern with their preparation. We're concerned with how we want to get them out and how we want to win against them. I'm not going to diagnose their problems."
The younger pacer though feels that the Indian attack has given a just right account in the two Tests.
"The rapid bowlers are excited to bowl on the Wanderers. We at all times are as it has tempo, leap and swing. Bumrah is a very good bowler, he's already opening the bowling now. He's executed rather well with the one-day stuff and now he's doing rather well in the Test matches too.
"Mohammed Shami may be very skilled and got some tempo. Umesh Yadav, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who caused a lot of hassle in Cape Town, they have got just right rapid bowlers."
His group 2-Zero up, he isn't eager about cricket now.
"I have never seen the pitch yet. Cricket is off my mind now and the hard work starts once more on Monday. Then we're going to have a look on the pitch. We know how the prerequisites behave right here.
"India played really well the last time they were here, Kohli got a hundred. Wanderers is a good wicket, it's normally a moving wicket. It's a pitch where if you bat well you can score some runs, and if you bowl well you'll take wickets."
Rabada stated taking part in India is a problem though there's a difference between their in a foreign country record since 2011, and their record all through their dream run in the 2015-17 length.
"Playing against the Indians is extremely difficult. They are known for his or her nice batsmen and they have got truly just right bowlers as neatly. So they're very competitive, they're throwing the whole lot they have got at us, and their batsmen need to make a observation.
"They've made a observation all over else in the world, and so they wanted to come back right here and truly beat us. So issues are going to get slightly messy available in the market. But that is just the nature of it, with two quality sides coming against each different. Off the sphere, we're pals," he added.
The Proteas won the second one Test through 135 runs to clinch the sequence and Rabada stated that their group effort helped them to overcome India.
"It's great to look kids step up - like Lungi Ngidi, he stepped up. Aiden Markram stepped up in the first innings. It was once also great to look Hashim Amla get some runs, AB de Villiers got here in and performed an excessively crucial knock in the second one innings.
"He's just got the ability to speed the game up and not get out at the same time. So he played very well, I thought that was a very key moment. And also the way Dean Elgar hung with him."
He stated South Africa wanted to bat so long as possible in the second one innings at Centurion.
"In the second one innings, we just wanted to bat time, see how lengthy shall we cross because we knew the pitch was once most effective getting more difficult to bat on. There was once slightly of variable leap. The wicket was once squatting slightly and a few balls had been bouncing, slightly more misbehaving.
"We knew reverse swing was once going to be a tactic, and the fast ball as neatly, on account of the nature of the wicket. All in all, I assumed our bowlers did a great task in containing the runs and bowling wicket-taking deliveries," he added.
Rabada highlighted that AB de Villiers' free-scoring knocks in Cape Town and Centurion had set up the wins for South Africa.
"AB is a genius at his craft. It's a fact. He remains in on tricky wickets, however he's putting at 70 or 80 - he makes it look easy.
"He's got a real understanding of the game, which a lot of people don't get that easily. It looks very simple to him. He's a very crucial player in our team," stated Rabada.
He also mentioned Lungi Ngidi, someone who he has performed with since the Under-19 days. The latter took 6-39 in India's 2nd innings cave in at Supersport Park.
"Lungi and I, we performed in combination in the Under-19. We even toured India I consider, however he got injured unfortunately and his shuttle was once lower quick. But we performed in combination at school and now we have a history. So it is just great to play together with your buddy, from when you had been a young person.
"Hopefully lengthy may it proceed, and we can form a great partnership. I know he has loved bowling with the likes of Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander as neatly."
The hosts have taken an unassailable 2-Zero lead with convincing wins in the first two Tests, with Rabada producing a match-winning spell on the Newlands.
"Obviously we know how to play fast bowling and we've got respect for their attack. Every game you go into, you want to win. So obviously we want to get a whitewash against India."
ALSO READ: Inquisition starts after SA sequence loss, India avid gamers confined to resort
Rabada stated that India are too reliant on skipper Virat Kohli, who scored his 21st Test hundred at Centurion.
"I believe they do rely on him. But it is just like we rely on a couple of avid gamers too. I'm not saying India shouldn't have any quality avid gamers, they do. But it is just a fact - Kohli rankings most in their runs.
ALSO READ: Look on the positives, we took 20 wickets: Dhoni on Test display
"It is truly enjoyable bowling to the likes of him. He was once named ICC Player of the Year (sic), so it is somewhat cool to go up against the most efficient."
When asked about India's lack of preparation going into the sequence, he stated, "I don't know what's going on of their preparation. That's no longer something we need to look at truly.
"We've got no concern with their preparation. We're concerned with how we want to get them out and how we want to win against them. I'm not going to diagnose their problems."
The younger pacer though feels that the Indian attack has given a just right account in the two Tests.
"The rapid bowlers are excited to bowl on the Wanderers. We at all times are as it has tempo, leap and swing. Bumrah is a very good bowler, he's already opening the bowling now. He's executed rather well with the one-day stuff and now he's doing rather well in the Test matches too.
"Mohammed Shami may be very skilled and got some tempo. Umesh Yadav, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who caused a lot of hassle in Cape Town, they have got just right rapid bowlers."
His group 2-Zero up, he isn't eager about cricket now.
"I have never seen the pitch yet. Cricket is off my mind now and the hard work starts once more on Monday. Then we're going to have a look on the pitch. We know how the prerequisites behave right here.
"India played really well the last time they were here, Kohli got a hundred. Wanderers is a good wicket, it's normally a moving wicket. It's a pitch where if you bat well you can score some runs, and if you bowl well you'll take wickets."
Rabada stated taking part in India is a problem though there's a difference between their in a foreign country record since 2011, and their record all through their dream run in the 2015-17 length.
"Playing against the Indians is extremely difficult. They are known for his or her nice batsmen and they have got truly just right bowlers as neatly. So they're very competitive, they're throwing the whole lot they have got at us, and their batsmen need to make a observation.
"They've made a observation all over else in the world, and so they wanted to come back right here and truly beat us. So issues are going to get slightly messy available in the market. But that is just the nature of it, with two quality sides coming against each different. Off the sphere, we're pals," he added.
The Proteas won the second one Test through 135 runs to clinch the sequence and Rabada stated that their group effort helped them to overcome India.
"It's great to look kids step up - like Lungi Ngidi, he stepped up. Aiden Markram stepped up in the first innings. It was once also great to look Hashim Amla get some runs, AB de Villiers got here in and performed an excessively crucial knock in the second one innings.
"He's just got the ability to speed the game up and not get out at the same time. So he played very well, I thought that was a very key moment. And also the way Dean Elgar hung with him."
He stated South Africa wanted to bat so long as possible in the second one innings at Centurion.
"In the second one innings, we just wanted to bat time, see how lengthy shall we cross because we knew the pitch was once most effective getting more difficult to bat on. There was once slightly of variable leap. The wicket was once squatting slightly and a few balls had been bouncing, slightly more misbehaving.
"We knew reverse swing was once going to be a tactic, and the fast ball as neatly, on account of the nature of the wicket. All in all, I assumed our bowlers did a great task in containing the runs and bowling wicket-taking deliveries," he added.
Rabada highlighted that AB de Villiers' free-scoring knocks in Cape Town and Centurion had set up the wins for South Africa.
"AB is a genius at his craft. It's a fact. He remains in on tricky wickets, however he's putting at 70 or 80 - he makes it look easy.
"He's got a real understanding of the game, which a lot of people don't get that easily. It looks very simple to him. He's a very crucial player in our team," stated Rabada.
He also mentioned Lungi Ngidi, someone who he has performed with since the Under-19 days. The latter took 6-39 in India's 2nd innings cave in at Supersport Park.
"Lungi and I, we performed in combination in the Under-19. We even toured India I consider, however he got injured unfortunately and his shuttle was once lower quick. But we performed in combination at school and now we have a history. So it is just great to play together with your buddy, from when you had been a young person.
"Hopefully lengthy may it proceed, and we can form a great partnership. I know he has loved bowling with the likes of Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander as neatly."
We want to get a whitewash against India, says Rabada
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