Kagiso Rabada Cricket South African

Kagiso Rabada

South AfricanRight Arm Bowl
IPL All Time Stats
69 Mat
260.6 Overs
2198 Runs
106 W
8.42 E/R

Personal Information

Full Name Kagiso Rabada
Date of Birth May 25, 1995
Age 27 Years
Nationality South African
Birth Place Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Current Team(s)
Role Bowler / Left hand bowler
Batting Style Left hand Bat
Bowling Style Right arm Fast
Debut November 5, 2014
Jersey No. 25
Family Florence Rabada (Mother)

Most Recent Matches

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Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
PBKS vs RR 0 0 0 0 0 4 40 2 10.00
DC vs PBKS 0 0 0 0 0 3 36 0 12.00
CSK vs PBKS 0 0 0 0 0 4 34 0 8.50
LSG vs PBKS 0 1 0 0 0.00 4 52 2 13.00
LSG vs PBKS 0 1 0 0 0.00 4 34 2 8.50

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 89 36 317 383 16 15.85 82.76 0 0 31 26 7 31 0
TESTs 60 93 897 1827 17 11.80 49.09 0 0 47 115 16 29 0
T20Is 56 21 147 134 14 21.00 109.70 0 0 22 12 5 18 0
T20s 177 70 418 396 33 11.29 105.55 0 0 44 37 13 60 0
LISTAs 107 46 366 455 19 13.55 80.43 0 0 31 32 7 35 0
FIRSTCLASS 80 115 1121 2245 20 11.80 49.93 0 0 48 146 20 38 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 89 87 763.1 3829 137 27.94 5.01 6/16 2 0
TESTs 60 108 1852.5 6257 280 22.34 3.37 13/144 13 4
T20Is 56 56 201.1 1733 58 29.87 8.61 3/20 0 0
T20s 177 175 650.1 5231 228 22.94 8.04 4/21 0 0
LISTAs 107 104 914.3 4676 158 29.59 5.11 6/16 2 0
FIRSTCLASS 80 145 2510.5 8169 355 23.01 3.25 14/105 16 5
Kagiso Rabada: A Brief Biography

Kagiso Rabada is a South African cricket player. Kagiso Rabada is close to what many people call the optimum combination: fierce speed and threatening bounce.


Table of Contents


  1. Biography - About Kagiso Rabada
  2. Kagiso Rabada: Along the Years
  3. Records
  4. Awards and Accolades
  5. Career
  6. Domestic Career
  7. International Career
  8. Family


Biography - About Kagiso Rabada


The arrival of Kagiso Rabada to the national side in 2015 proved to be crucial for the team and the future of fast bowling in South Africa. The rise of this fast bowler from South Africa caught the eyes of T20 franchises around the world, with him getting bought for Rs 5 crore by Delhi Daredevils for the 2017 season of IPL.


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Kagiso Rabada: Along the Years


YearAgeAchievement
201418Selected for 2014 ICC Under-19 World Cup
201418T20I debut
201519Test debut
201519ODI debut
201620Selected for 106 ICC Twenty20 World Cup
201721IPL debut
201721No 1 in ICC ODI bowler rankings
201822No 1 in ICC Test bowler rankings
201923Selected fro 2019 ICC World Cup

Records


  1. In 2018, Rabada became the youngest bowler to take 150 Test wickets
  2. Second ever player to take a hat-trick on ODI debut
  3. Youngest South African to take a ten-wicket haul in a Test match.


Also see - Lasith Malinga biography


Awards and Accolades


  1. CSA Cricket of the Year: 2016 and 2018
  2. CS Test Cricketer of the Year: 2016 and 2018
  3. CSA ODI Cricketer of the Year: 2016 and 2018
  4. CSA Player’s Player of the Year: 2016 and 2018
  5. Fan’s Player of the Year: 2016 and 2018
  6. Delivery of the Year: 2016 and 2018
  7. Named Wisden Best Young Player in the world in 2018


Career


Domestic Career


Rabada made his debut in domestic cricket for Gauteng in the CSA Provincial One-Day Competition against Border in 2013. Kagiso Rabada represents his country in the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. South Africa won the tournament and Rabada was the best bowler of the side with 14 wickets to his name. Following the Under-19 World Cup, Rabada played two games for the Lions franchise in the Sunfoil Series. In 2016, Rabada signed a short term deal to play county cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in England. In 2018, Rabada he joined Jozi Stars’ squad in the Mzansi Super League.


IPL Career


Kagiso Rabada was bought by Delhi Daredevils before the 2017 season of the IPL. He played 6 matches in 2017 and took as many wickets. In 2018, he was ruled out of the tournament. In 2019, he returned to the tournament and took 25 wickets in 12 matches with an average of 14.72.


England v South Africa - Royal London ODI


International Career


ODI Career


Rabada

made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in 2015. Two years later, he became the top-ranked ICC ODI bowler following his four-wicket spell against England. With this, he also became the youngest player to be on the top of ODI rankings since 1998. In March 2019, two months before the 2019 Cricket World Cup, he took his 100th ODI wicket and was also selected for the World Cup squad.


Test Career


Rabada’s Test debut came against India cricket team in 2015. In 2016, Rabada took his first ten-wicket haul in Test cricket. He took 13 wickets in that match against England. A year later, he took his second ten-wicket haul while playing against Sri Lanka. Rabada climbed to the top of the ICC Test bowler rankings in 2018. The same year, Rabada crossed 900 points in ICC Test bowler rankings. Rabada ended 2018 with 52 Test wickets, the most by any bowler that year.


T20 Career


Kagiso Rabada made his Twenty20 international debut in 2014 against Australia national cricket team. He managed to take one wicket in the two matches that he played in his debut series. In 2015, South Africa hosted New Zealand and Rabada took 5 wickets in two matches. He was selected for the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup. Rabada took five wickets in the three matches that he played in the tournament.


Family


Kagiso Rabada’s father Mpho Rabada is a doctor and his mother Florence is a lawyer. He has a brother Atlegang Rabada.


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