Rabada left heartbroken over Test ban: Bavuma
Kagiso Rabada is “heartbroken” at being banned from next week’s second Test against England at Trent Bridge, according to South Africa teammate Temba Bavuma.
Rabada was suspended after picking up a fourth demerit point for swearing at England’s Ben Stokes after he dismissed the allrounder on the first day of this fourmatch series at Lord’s on Thursday.
The fast bowler, one of world cricket’s rising stars, was previously given three demerit points for a shove on Sri Lanka’s Niroshan Dickwella in a one-day international in Cape Town in February.
“‘KG’ is an emotional character — he didn’t purposely act like that, but he was fully aware of the consequences,” Bavuma told reporters after stumps on Saturday.
“He is quite heartbroken, because he feels he has let down the team. But we fully understand it happened in the heat of the moment,” added
Bavuma.