{"id":36233,"date":"2026-02-06T19:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=36233"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:24:49","slug":"rabada-relishing-start-of-t20-world-cup-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2026\/02\/06\/rabada-relishing-start-of-t20-world-cup-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabada relishing start of T20 World Cup campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36234\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-06-at-19.04.27-770x629.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-06-at-19.04.27-770x629.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-06-at-19.04.27-1170x956.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-06-at-19.04.27-768x628.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-06-at-19.04.27-1536x1256.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-06-at-19.04.27.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Backpagepix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Proteas fast bowler, Kagiso Rabada, has described this year\u2019s edition of ICC\u2019s Men\u2019s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, as a fresh start for the South African national cricket team.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa have been drawn in Group D, alongside Canada, New Zealand, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>The Proteas finished runners-up in the 2024 final and will be looking to go one better this time around.<\/p>\n<p>They open their campaign on Monday afternoon against Canada in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p>Rabada says the disappointment of losing the final two years ago will be used as motivation heading into the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yeah, the plain and simple of it all is this a new tournament. However, you do need to, look at what you\u2019ve done in the past and see it as motivation,&#8221; he said. &#8220;However, moving forward, we need to understand that this is a completely new tournament at different venues and against opposition that are maybe slightly different with game plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s World Cup Time\u23f3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheProteas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheProteas<\/a> Men\u2019s ICC T20 World Cup campaign kicks off on 9 February 2026 against Canada \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>The journey to glory awaits as it\u2019s almost time for the battle to begin! \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Unbreakable?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Unbreakable<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HDG0NacqTy\">pic.twitter.com\/HDG0NacqTy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProteasMenCSA\/status\/2009162544863433031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Written by: Ntsako Mukhari<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proteas fast bowler, Kagiso Rabada, has described this year\u2019s edition of ICC\u2019s Men\u2019s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, as a fresh start for the South African national cricket team. 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