Kagiso Rabada couldn't contain his excitement on his first day in South Africa's new-look dressing room on Thursday, Cricbuzz reports.
"It's amazing to have someone like Jacques Kallis in," Rabada said in an audio interview released by Cricket South Africa. "He's a great of the game. So is Mark Boucher. To hear their knowledge.. it doesn't even have to be skill-based, but mentally how you want to approach certain situations. So it's great to have them around because they almost speed up your learning process.
"It's also great to have Charl Langeveldt back. I really enjoy working with him. He's in the same light as Mark and Jacques. They know what they're talking about. They played at this level for a very long time.
"Everything is well-drilled and well-oiled. There's no hesitation. They have a plan, they're really decisive on what needs to happen. But at the same time it's not very strict. There's an expectation on every player to do the minimum of what is required, and the rest is up to you. You can liberate yourself."
"Enoch is someone I've worked with since I was at age-group level, along with guys like 'Quinny' [Quinton de Kock] and Temba [Bavuma]," Rabada said. "The guys who've worked with him, they know his quality. He's done really well at the Strikers and the Lions [domestic teams who won five titles across all formats under Nkwe's guidance]. He's no doubt a valuable person to have in the changeroom. He would have had to make a decision whether he was going to walk away or stay, and he stayed. I'm really glad that he did because I've got a relationship with him and so do the other players. Especially the young players who are in the T20 format; guys like Rassie [van der Dussen] and Dwaine [Pretorius]. They know him well and they know the value he can bring. I certainly know that, too.
He's made a decision to invest in the team and I'm really glad that he's done so."
"The [WTC] can put unnecessary pressure on us right now," he said. "We shouldn't really be looking at that. Yes, we don't have any points and it does look bad. But if we can focus on what we want to do that should look after itself. We hadn't been thinking about it, but when you mention it and you think about where we are on that table, it can get you into the mindset where you need to catch up. But at the moment we need to focus on the product and the by-product will look after itself."
"We're going through a transition phase, and we need to see if we can step up," Rabada said. "We do believe that we can. We spoke about where we want to go and where we're at right now, and I think everyone is on the same page, which makes things a lot clearer."
