Watch: Kagiso Rabada bowls 155 kmph to Travis Head during SA vs AUS 2nd Test

During the second Test of the three-match series between South Africa and Australia at the St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, Kagiso Rabada bowled a superb delivery of 155.4 kmph to Travis Head, which went viral on social media platforms. The pacer has returned from injury for this game and has looked lethal with the ball.

Kagiso Rabada has been out of action for the Proteas for a long time since the end of the Indian Premier League (IPL). But once he has got the ball in his hand, he has been firing and creating incredible pressure for the batters to face the heat on the surface. 

Rabada’s 155 kmph delivery tests Travis Head at Gqeberha

It was the fifth delivery of the seventh over of the innings from Rabada against Travis Head. He pitched up the delivery in the channel as the left-handed batter thought about going after it while being pinned to the crease but eventually decided to let it go.

Watch Rabada's 155 kmph ball here- 

On the previous delivery, he went chasing after a wide delivery without any footwork and managed to cream it through the covers for a boundary. The Protea pacer showed his pace in that over with most of the balls crossing the 150 kmph mark.

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He already had success towards the end of the third day’s play when he dismissed Nic Maddinson for a four-ball duck. The right-arm pacer went after the full ball outside the off stump and got an outside edge into the hands of the slip fielder to offer them a superb start with the ball.

How South Africa have bowled in Australia’s innings

By the start of the third day’s play, the Proteas where no where near in the game, being restricted at 110/6 before the 132-run stand for the seventh wicket between Temba Bavuma and Marco Jansen and later another 183-run stand for the eight wicket between Bavuma and Simon Harmer shouldered the hosts to 425/9 in the first innings.

Bavuma smashed a fine knock of 179 runs, shouldering on 18 boundaries and one six while both Jansen and Harmer recorded their respective half-centuries with the bat.

By the end of the first session on the fourth day, Australia were limping at 69/6, trailing by 356 runs. Steve Smith was fighting hard for his 26* runs as Marco Jansen had picked up 4/16 in seven overs.

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Brief Scores: Australia 69/6 (Steve Smith 26*, Marco Jansen 4/16) trail South Africa 425/9 dec (Temba Bavuma 179, Marco Jansen 85, Scott Boland 5/81) by 356 runs