WATCH: ’We are very proud of our performance, says Kagiso Rabada after Proteas sensational win

Johannesburg - Kagiso Rabada delivered an all-round performance in the second Test against New Zealand that underscored his status as one of the best players in the world at the moment.

Rabada quite rightly was named player of the match as South Africa stormed back to claim a 198-run victory and square the two match series against the World Test champions in Christchurch on Tuesday. Rabada finished with match figures of 8/106, that included a first innings ‘five-for’ and added a crucial swashbuckling 47 with the bat in South Africa’s second innings.

“We are obviously very proud of our performance,” said Rabada.

Now established as part of the leadership group within the squad, Rabada said one of his main roles after the first Test - besides ensuring his own performance improved - was to get the rest of the players to move on from what happened in that innings and 276-run defeat last week.

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“There is no use harping on about how badly we’d played. As much as we do need to recognise all the faults we made, we still need to put plans together and adapt as quickly as possible for the second game. It was about understanding where we went wrong, and mentally…waking up, rocking up and executing game plans.”

Rabada has looked back to his awesome best in the last few months. The last time the 26 year old went wicketless in an innings was against Pakistan in Rawalpindi a year ago. Since then he has claimed 43 wickets at an average of 17.67.

“Everytime you play you just want to implement the basics as well as possible and adapt to conditions. You’re always facing different conditions; it's about adapting to that and trusting your