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On day two of the second Test match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the St George’s Park in Gqeberha, Kagiso Rabada broke his bat in half on the bowling of Lahiru Kumara. The surprising turn of events happened during the first session of play in the South Africa innings, which eventually folded for 358 runs in 103.4 overs after Kyle Verreyene and Ryan Rickelton scored hundreds, while captain Temba Bavuma got a fifty of his own.
In the 90th over of the South African innings on the second day, Kagiso Rabada, who was new at the crease, got a short of a good length delivery from Lahiru Kumara from around the wicket, which he defended on the back foot, only to break his bat in half. The top handle of the bat of Kagiso Rabada will need changing before he goes on to use it once again for batting either in competitive cricket or the nets.
Watch the video of Kagiso Rabada breaking his bat in half against Lahiru Kumara:
South Africa made 358-run first innings total against Sri Lanka in second Test
Notably, in the first innings, South Africa went past 350 runs after three of their top seven batters got the majority of the runs. While Ryan Rickelton 101(250) brought up his maiden Test hundred, Kyle Verreyene 105(133) scored his third ton in the longest format of the game, while Temba Bavuma put together a valuable 78(109) when the hosts were in some early strife in the morning session on day one.
For Sri Lanka, Lahiru Kumara picked up four wickets in the first innings of South Africa, the most among all the bowlers, which included the likes of Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, and Ryan Rickelton. The Fernandos, who opened the bowling for the visitors in the second Test match, picked up five wickets between them, including three for Asitha and two for Vishwa.
