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Kagiso Rabada
Personal information
Full name
Kagiso Rabada Fast Bowler
BornJohannesburg, South Africa
NicknameKG
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 321)5 November 2015 v India
Last Test24 January 2018 v India
ODI debut (cap 114)10 July 2015 v Bangladesh
Last ODI10 February 2018 v India
ODI shirt no.25
T20I debut (cap 62)5 November 2014 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013/14Gauteng
2014/15–presentLions
2016Kent
2017-presentDelhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 22 40 16 58
Runs scored 259 137 5 186
Batting average 14.39 17.12 – 12.40
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 34 26 5* 26
Balls bowled 4,063 2,005 362 2,913
Wickets 102 65 22 86
Bowling average 22.71 26.30 22.63 29.73
5 wickets in innings 7 1 0 1
10 wickets in match 3 0 0
Best bowling 7/112 6/16 3/30 6/16
Catches/stumpings 8/– 9/– 2/– 13/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 October 2017

Kagiso Rabada (born 25 May 1995) is a South African cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. Rabada, who is known by the nickname KG,[1] is a fast bowler and plays domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions. He made his South African debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket before going on to make his Test debut in November 2015. Rabada attended St Stithians Boys College, leaving the school in 2013. By January 2017, he has topped both the ICC ODI bowler rankings and the ICC Test bowler rankings to achieve the feat aged 22.

In July 2016, Rabada became the first cricketer to win six awards at Cricket South Africa's annual dinner, including the prize for Cricketer of the Year.[2]

Domestic career

He made his debut for the Gauteng in the CSA Provincial One-Day Competition against Border in December 2013.[3]

He was chosen to represent South Africa's Under-19 side for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. As South Africa won the tournament, he was their best bowler claiming the 2nd most wickets (14) in the tournament at an economy rate of 3.10.[4] He also claimed the best figures of the tournament: 6/25 against Australia A.[5] This led to him being dubbed "the fastest and most feared bowler in the competition".[6]

His performances in the Under-19 World Cup saw him catapulted into the Lions franchise side for their last two games of the Sunfoil Series season. He took 7 wickets for 186 in these two matches.[7]

In February 2015, Rabada took a record 14 wickets in a match for Lions against Dolphins, including 9 for 33 in the second innings his 14 for 105 are the best figures in the franchise era of South African cricket.[8]

In February 2016, it was announced that Rabada had signed a short-term deal to play county cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in June and July of the English domestic season, passing up the opportunity of an IPL contract to gain experience in English conditions.[1][9] He played in two County Championship and six T20 matches for the county during his spell in England.

In February 2017, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for INR 50 million.[10] In January 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils in the 2018 IPL auction.[11]

International career

He made his Twenty20 International debut for South Africa against Australia on 5 November 2014.[12]

He made his One Day International debut for South Africa against Bangladesh on 10 July 2015,[13] achieving best figures of 6/16 on debut.[14] He also became only the second player, after Taijul Islam, to take a hat-trick on debut in an ODI match.[15][16] He made his Test debut for South Africa against India on 5 November 2015.[17] In the fourth Test of England's 2015–16 tour of South Africa, he finished with figures of 13/144 helping his team win the game. In the process, he became the youngest South African to take a ten-wicket haul in a Test, and the figures were his team's second best ever, after Makhaya Ntini's 13/132.[18]

Rabada's first ten wicket haul in a Test match came in 2016 against England during the 4th Test at Centurion. He took 13 wickets in the match, including two five wicket hauls, and returned his best innings bowling figures of 7/112 in the England first innings.[19] His second ten wicket haul came in 2017 against Sri Lanka at Cape Town. During the first Test at Lord's in South Africa's 2017 tour of England, Rabada was suspended for the second Test at Trent Bridge following an altercation with Ben Stokes after using "inappropriate language" after dismissing Stokes on the first day.[20]

As well as the five-fors he took in the matches when he took ten wickets, as of June 2017 he has taken a total of five five wicket hauls in Test matches, the first of which was earlier in England's 2016 tour of South Africa. He repeated the feat in Australia in 2016 at the WACA. He was the man of the match in this fixture.

He took 4/39 in the third ODI match of South African tour in England in 2017.[21] Following his performance in the match, Rabada became top ranked ODI bowler in the world displacing countryman Imran Tahir as per the ICC ODI bowler rankings[22] and became youngest player (aged 22) to top the ODI rankings since Saqlain Mushtaq in 1998.[23]

He took 3/34 and 2/41 in the first and second innings of first test of Indian tour in 2018 at Newlands.[24] Following his performance in the match, Rabada became top ranked Test bowler in the world as per the ICC Test bowler rankings[25] dispacing England bowler James Anderson.[26]

Personal

His father is a doctor[27] and his mother Florence is a lawyer.[28]

International records

Test 5 Wicket hauls

# Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year
1 5/78 5  England New Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg South Africa 2016
2 7/112 6  England SuperSport Park Centurion South Africa 2016
3 6/32
4 5/92 9  Australia WACA Ground Perth Australia 2016
5 6/55 13  Sri Lanka Newlands Cricket Ground Cape Town South Africa 2017
6 5/33 22  Bangladesh Mangaung Oval Bloemfontein South Africa 2017
7 5/30

Test 10 Wicket hauls

# Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year
1 13/144 6  England SuperSport Park Centurion South Africa 2016
2 10/92 13  Sri Lanka Newlands Cricket Ground Cape Town South Africa 2017
3 10/63 22  Bangladesh Mangaung Oval Bloemfontein South Africa 2017

ODI 5 Wicket hauls

# Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year
1 6/16 1  Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium Dhaka Bangladesh 2015

International Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Series Season Match Performance Result
1 4th Test – England in South Africa Test Series 2015/16 1st innings- 0 (1 ball) ; 29–6–112–7
2nd innings- DNB ; 10.4–2–32–6 		 South Africa won by 280 runs.[29]
2 1st Test – South Africa in Australia Test Series 2016/17 1st innings- 11* (12 balls, 2x4) ; 20–1–78–2
2nd innings- DNB ; 31–6–92–5 		 South Africa won by 177 runs.[30]
3 2nd Test – Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series 2016/17 1st innings- 8 (19 balls) ; 12–2–37–4
2nd innings- DNB ; 17–3–55–6 		 South Africa won by 282 runs.[31]
4 2nd Test – Bangladesh in South Africa Test Series 2017/18 1st innings- DNB ; 13.5–4–33–5
2nd innings- 11–1–30–5 		 South Africa won by an innings and 254 runs.[32]

ODI Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 10 July 2015 8–3–16–6 ; DNB  South Africa won by 8 wickets.[13]
2 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland 4 March 2017 7.1–1–25–3 ; DNB  South Africa won by 6 wickets.[33]
3 England Lord's, London 29 May 2017 9–1–39–4 ; DNB  South Africa won by 7 wickets.[34]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b South Africa bowler Kagiso Rabada to join Kent in June, The Daily Telegraph, 18 February 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Rabada dominates CSA awards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ^ "CSA Provincial One-Day Competition: Border v Gauteng at East London, 8 December 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2013/14/Records/Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2nd Semi-final: Australia Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ^ "SA dominate team of the tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Sunfoil Series, 2013/14/Records/Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Kagiso Rabada's nine-for routs Dolphins". ESPNcricinfo. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Kagiso Rabada: Kent sign South Africa fast bowler". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  10. ^ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  11. ^ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  12. ^ "South Africa tour of Australia (November 2014), 1st T20I: Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, Nov 5, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  13. ^ a b "South Africa tour of Bangladesh, 1st ODI: Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka, Jul 10, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  14. ^ "Records – One-Day Internationals – Bowling records – Best figures in a innings on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Kagiso Rabada becomes only second player in ODI history to take a hat-trick on international debut in South Africa's match against Bangladesh". Metro. UK. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  16. ^ "Rabada's record six-for sets up South Africa win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  17. ^ "South Africa tour of India, 1st Test: India v South Africa at Mohali, Nov 5–9, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  18. ^ Seervi, Bharath (26 January 2016). "Rabada's records, and England's lows". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  19. ^ Hopps, David (16 January 2016). "Rabada takes five as England make 323". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  20. ^ England v South Africa: Kagiso Rabada suspended for second Test BBC Sport, 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Scorecard of third England vs South Africa ODI match 2017 at Lord's". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  22. ^ "Kagiso Rabada tops ODI bowling rankings". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  23. ^ "Kagiso Rabada officially the best in the world". iol.co.za. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  24. ^ "Scorecard of first South Africa vs India Test match 2018". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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  26. ^ "Kagiso Rabada takes top spot from James Anderson". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  27. ^ "South Africa cricket sensation Kagiso Rabada could face Australia in proposed pink ball Test". Courier Mail. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  28. ^ "Kagiso And His Mom". Sports Eagle. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  29. ^ "England tour of South Africa, 4th Test: South Africa v England at Centurion, Jan 22–26, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  30. ^ "South Africa tour of Australia, 1st Test: Australia v South Africa at Perth, Nov 3–7, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  31. ^ "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 2–5 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  32. ^ "2nd Test, Bangladesh tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, Oct 6–8 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  33. ^ "5th ODI (D/N), South Africa tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Mar 4, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  34. ^ "South Africa tour of England, 3rd ODI: England v South Africa at Lord's, May 29, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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