South Africa's Rabada insists the team is focused on winning one game at a time despite dominating victories in their first two games

South Africa's dominating victories in their first two games have made them the World Cup favorites, but pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada stressed there is still a long way to go and the team is focused on winning one game at a time.

Before annihilating five-time winners Australia by a whopping 134 runs here on Thursday, Temba Bavuma's team's campaign began with a 102-run victory over Sri Lanka in New Delhi.

"There are many things to be grateful for, even if we still have a long way to go. That's fantastic to know, but we still want to win the next game. At the post-game press conference, Rabada remarked, "We'll see how we feel, we want to improve, look at our strengths, look at our flaws, and seek to brush up.

But overall, I believe we played a near-perfect cricket match. So, it's just about leaving this behind. That's it once we put that behind us and turn our attention to the next game. While the SA bowlers went for runs in droves in the victory over Sri Lanka while the batters were on a tear, the Proteas performed in all three areas against Australia.

Every game has room for improvement, when viewed objectively. We were aware that we had slacked down in some areas during the previous game. However, there will always be room for improvement in the game of cricket. We'll do our analysis and then decide how to proceed.

Technology was in our favor.

Steve Smith, Josh Inglis, and Marcus Stoinis were among the crucial victims of Rabada's destruction of Australia's middle order.

Two of the wickets were the result of contentious reviews. Rabada previously caught Smith's leg, and although the on-field umpire ruled it not out, ball tracking technology revealed that Smith's leg stump had been struck.

The ball impacted Smith's pad. Quinton de Kock, the wicketkeeper, insisted on appealing despite Rabada's uncertain appearance.

"Well, I was hoping for a 'umpires call.' It seemed to just slip through to me, barely bouncing. And as you know, Steve, he walks across his stumps. Just his trigger, really.

"And just from my position and Quinny's angle, it seemed very nice, so we opted to go up. Yeah, the technology was on our side today, but I thought it was close. It wasn't as clear, in my opinion, as being "missing." When Stoinis was caught behind off the bottom glove by Rabada, he found himself in the middle of controversy once more.

It wasn't entirely clear, though, if Stoinis' top and bottom hands were holding the bat.

"At first, I believed it had struck his thigh pad, and my teammates around me heard a wooden sound. Additionally, Stoinis didn't appear to be as persuasive. He appeared to have touched it, and he may have even felt it.

"I suppose the dispute was the fact that when the ball made contact with his glove, his hand was off the bat. But we believed it to be the bat handle. Once more, that's not in our hands. We analyzed it and the umpires made a conclusion," he signed off.

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