In his eleventh year of playing for South Africa, fast Kagiso Rabada says that the onus is on Test players outside of the Big Three to play an appealing kind of cricket to keep the format alive. Rabada believes that the longest format is the greatest and wants his colleagues to support its continued growth. He has played 62 Tests, which is less than his total of 101 ODIs and 65 T20Is. "It is also our responsibility to improve the game. To be very honest, the major three—Australia, England, and India—just happen to have the most money. But you have to be playing good cricket if you want those countries to play against you. You must be difficult to work with.
Like all players in the modern era, Rabada has benefited from and experienced the global shift to Twenty20 cricket. He has participated in four different T20 events over the past seven months—the SA20, IPL, T20 World Cup, and MLC—but not any Tests. This is a condition exclusive to nations who find it difficult to afford to hold international tests. Both West Indies and South Africa fit into that group; West Indies will play the second-fewest number of Tests in the same period—26—while Sri Lanka, with 25 Tests, will have a more flexible schedule. CSA will play a two-Test series for the duration of the 2023–2025 WTC cycle.
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