Herschelle Gibbs Wants Kagiso Rabada Back, Suggests Surprise Wicketkeeping Switch

Herschelle Gibbs has suggested Kagiso Rabada's addition to the playing XI for the second Test (Credit: AP)

Former cricket player Herschelle Gibbs has suggested some changes in the South Africa line-up for the second home Test match against Australia at Gqeberha. He told Ryan Rickelton to move down the order and keep wickets, while Kagiso Rabada comes into the XI. Temba Bavuma, the captain of Proteas who won the World Test Championship (WTC), lost for the first time in 12 Test matches when South Africa was unable to chase down an enormous 421 runs in Durban. Proteas batting was exposed in front of the Australian pace trio of Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and captain Pat Cummins, in addition to Matt Renshaw exhausting the Proteas bowlers with his unwavering commitment and skill at the crease. Rabada, who is still working to fully recover from the hamstring injury that prevented him from playing competitive cricket following the Indian Premier League (IPL), was also missed by SA.

In a post on X, Gibbs suggested that Kagiso take the place of spinner Simon Harmer in order to create a speed trio with Marco Jansen and Anrich Nortje. The other two bowlers would be spinner…

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