ENG vs SA: Kagiso Rabada becomes first bowler after Dale Steyn to do so in Test cricket

ENG vs SA, 1st Test, Kagiso Rabada: On Friday, South Africa broke England’s ‘bazball’ pride by registering a big win by an innings and 12 runs at Lord’s. With this win, the visiting team has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

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Kagiso Rabada took 7 wickets in two innings :-

The key contribution of South Africa’s success was fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who took 5 wickets in the first innings and 2 wickets in the second innings. Rabada was also awarded the Man of the Match award for his excellent performance. Rabada has completed 250 wickets in Test cricket with these 7 wickets.

Became the second bowler in the world to take 250 wickets in the shortest balls in Test cricket :-

Rabada has become the second bowler in the world to take 250 wickets in the shortest balls in Test cricket. Next to him is compatriot Dale Steyn. Kagiso Rabada has taken 250 wickets by bowling 10,065 balls in the longest format of cricket.

At the same time, to reach this point, former African fast bowler Dale Stead took only 9927 balls. In this list, Pakistan’s Waqar Younis is third with 10,170 balls, Allan Donald is fourth with 11,559 and Malcolm Marshall is fifth with 11,690 balls.

Kagiso Rabada Became the 6th bowler to take 250 wickets in the lowest number of innings :-

Talking about the bowlers who took 250 wickets in the shortest innings, Rabada is at joint 6th position. Topping the list are Allan Donald and Dale Steyn who took 250 wickets in 90-90 innings, while Rabada took 97 innings to achieve the feat.

Fast bowler who took 250 Test wickets in the shortest innings :-

• 90 – Alan Donald
• 90 – Dale Steyn
• 91 – Waqar Younis
• 92 – Denise Lilly
• 94 – Imran Khan
• 94 – Ian Botham
• 96 – Richard Hadley
• 97 – Malcolm Marshall
• 97 – Kagiso Rabada*

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Kagiso Rabada has had a stellar Test career so far. In 97 innings of 53 matches, the bowler has taken 250 wickets at an average of 22.10 and strikerate of 40.2. During this, Rabada has taken 5 wickets 12 times and 10 wickets in the match 4 times.