Kagiso Rabada highlights issue with South Africa's Test team
Rabada admitted that it was "frustrating as a team" to accept their performance in the first Test after poor totals with the bat dented their chances.
However, the South African quick pointed out that the South Africa batting line-up needs to be given time and called for "patience and understanding".
"The batting line-up that we have is quite inexperienced," Rabada said.
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"In fact, the team that we have is relatively inexperienced if you look at other cricketing nations. Dean Elgar is our most experienced player followed by myself and Temba [Bavuma].
"I've played 50-odd Test matches and everyone else hasn't played much. It can get frustrating as well and when I say frustrating I don't mean to single out the batters, it's frustrating as a team and you almost have to understand that sometimes this is what happens in a rebuilding phase."
Rabada highlighted how he has been part of legendary South Africa line-ups in the past but said that it is unlikely that would happen frequently.
"I've played in a team in a star-studded line-up, where you are literally playing with greats of the game," Rabada said.
"I don't think that happens quite frequently," he said. "Now, the situation that we're faced with, there's a whole lot of players who have come in, who have the ability but need to get used to the international circuit.
"So, there needs to be an element of patience and understanding but at the same time, you can't advocate for bad performances. However, we're quite positive."
"If you don't have the belief, then I don't think we'd be able to go out and produce performances like we have."
"It's all down to belief and I think we have the belief. We will never go down without a fight."
South Africa are 0-1 down in the Test series but are still in with a chance to make the ICC World Test Championship final if they can claw back in the next two Tests and the following series against West Indies.
