Proteas star Rabada relieved the turmoil is over

Kagiso Rabada is relieved that the Proteas are now playing their cricket with out the off the field turmoil that plagued them for so long.

The premier fast bowler for the Proteas is enjoying the new positivity around the team.

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The team has enjoyed mixed fortunes on the field over the past few seasons with a lot going on in the boardroom. Recently though there has been a shift following a string of new appointments as well as the successful first playing of the SA20.

Enoch Nkwe was brought in as the new Cricket South Africa director of cricket and he set about his work by installing two new coaches.

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Shukri Conrad took over the Proteas Test unit where Rabada leads the attack with Anrich Nortje a great asset to him while Rob Walter was handed the reins of the limited-overs teams.

“Having the right people who will manage all the unique intricacies that SA has to face, if you have the right people to manage that, that is the key,” Rabada told The Sunday Times.

“If there are people who can’t manage it, then we are going to fall by the wayside.

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“There’s been an umbrella-like feel to the information that has been passed down. The main word is positive. It’s fresh and exciting, it allows for exuberance and it’s been working.”

Rabada also revealed that although he did his best at all times, he did not enjoy the tense vibes around team during the turmoil of the past three seasons which included the Social Justice and Nation Building hearings conducted by CSA.

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“There was turmoil in the last three years off the field,” said Rabada.

“You just didn’t have that enjoyment and that can completely break a team. When a team is not unified you can’t ever enjoy the game.”

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