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| Born | (1995-05-25)25 May 1995 (age 30) Johannesburg,Gauteng, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armfast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 323) | 5 November 2015 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 20 October 2025 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 114) | 10 July 2015 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 March 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 62) | 5 November 2014 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 12 September 2025 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013/14–2023/24 | Gauteng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013/14–2020/21 | Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Delhi Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Jozi Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Punjab Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | MI Cape Town | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | MI New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Gujarat Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kagiso Rabada (born 25 May 1995) is a South African internationalcricketer who plays all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He made his international debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket before going on to make hisTest debut in November 2015. By January 2018, he had topped both theODI bowler rankings and theTest bowler rankings aged 22. In July 2018, he became the youngest bowler to take 150 wickets in Tests.[2] Rabada was a member of the South African team which won the2025 ICC World Test Championship final, the second ICC title the country has won till date.
In July 2016, Rabada became the first cricketer to win six awards atCricket South Africa's annual dinner, including the prize for Cricketer of the Year.[3] In June 2018, he again won six awards at CSA's annual dinner, including Cricketer of the Year,Test Cricketer andODI Cricketer of the Year.[4] In August 2018,Wisden named him the best young player in the world.[5] He has taken a hat-trick in all three formats of cricket. He is considered to be one of the best Test bowlers of his generation.[6]
Rabada made his debut for theGauteng in theCSA Provincial One-Day Competition againstBorder in December 2013.[7]
Rabada was chosen to representSouth Africa's Under-19 side for the2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. For the victorious South Africans, he was their best bowler claiming the 2nd most wickets (14) in the tournament at an economy rate of 3.10.[8] He also claimed the best figures of the tournament: 6/25 againstAustralia A.[9] This led to him being dubbed "the fastest and most feared bowler in the competition".[10]
Rabada's performances in the Under-19 World Cup saw him catapulted into theLions franchise for their last two games of theSunfoil Series season. He took 7 wickets for 186 in these two matches.[11]
In February 2015, Rabada took a record 14 wickets in a match for Lions againstDolphins, including 9 for 33 in the second innings. His 14 for 105 are the best figures in the franchise era of South African cricket.[12]
In February 2016, it was announced that Rabada had signed a short-term deal to playcounty cricket forKent County Cricket Club in June and July of the English domestic season, passing up the opportunity of anIPL contract to gain experience in English conditions.[13][14] He played in twoCounty Championship and sixT20 matches for the county during his spell in England.
In October 2018, he was namedJozi Stars' squad for thefirst edition of theMzansi Super League T20 tournament.[15][16] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for theJozi Stars team for the2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[17] In April 2021, he was named inGauteng's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season inSouth Africa.[18]
In February 2017, Rabada was bought by theDelhi Daredevils team for the2017 Indian Premier League forINR 50 million.[19] In January 2018, he was bought again by Delhi (Delhi Capitals) in the2018 IPL auction but was later ruled out of the season due to a back injury.[20]
He was retained again ahead of2019 Indian Premier League by Delhi Capitals. He played 12 matches in the league stage before leaving for national duty. He picked up 25 wickets and become the highest wicket taker for DC and overall second highest wicket taker of that season. DC qualified for the playoffs for the first time since2012 IPL season. In the2020 Indian premier League, he become the highest wicket taker of the season by picking up 30 wickets in 17 matches he played. In both seasons, Rabada played a vital role in his team's success.
In the 2022 IPL mega auction, Rabada was bought by thePunjab Kings for₹9.25crore (US$1.1 million).[21] In April 2023, he took his 100th IPL wicket[22] in his 64th IPL match, becoming the fastest bowler, in terms of matches, to reach the milestone in the competition.[23]
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Rabada made hisTwenty20 International debut for South Africaagainst Australia on 5 November 2014.[24]
Rabada made hisOne Day International debut for South Africaagainst Bangladesh on 10 July 2015,[25] achieving best figures of 6/16 on debut.[26] He also became only the second player, afterTaijul Islam, to take ahat-trick on debut in an ODI match.[27][28] He made hisTest debut for South Africaagainst India on 5 November 2015.[29] In the fourth Test ofEngland'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 aten-wicket haul in a Test, and the figures were his team's second best ever, afterMakhaya Ntini's 13/132.[30]
Rabada's first ten-wicket haul in aTest match came in 2016 againstEngland during the 4th Test atCenturion. He took 13 wickets in the match, including twofive wicket hauls, and returned his best innings bowling figures of 7/112 in the England first innings.[31] His second ten-wicket haul came in 2017 againstSri Lanka atCape Town. During the first Test atLord's in South Africa's 2017 tour of England, Rabada was suspended for the second Test atTrent Bridge following an altercation withBen Stokes after using "inappropriate language" after dismissing Stokes on the first day.[32]
As well as the five-fors he took in the matches when he took ten wickets, as of June 2017[update] he had 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 theWACA. He was the man of the match in this fixture.
Rabada took 4/39 in the third ODI match of theSouth African tour in England in 2017.[33] Following his performance in the match, Rabada became top ranked ODI bowler in the world displacing countrymanImran Tahir as per theICC ODI bowler rankings[34] and became youngest player (aged 22) to top the ODI rankings sinceSaqlain Mushtaq in 1998.[35]
During thefirst test of India's tour of South Africa in 2018 at Newlands, Rabada took 3/34 and 2/41 in the first and second innings.[36] Following his performance in the match, Rabada became top ranked Test bowler in the world as per theICC Test bowler rankings[37] displacing England bowlerJames Anderson.[38]
In the second test matchagainst Australia, Rabada took 11 wickets for 150 runs ultimately winning man of the match awards.[39] This performance earned him top spot inICC Test bowler rankings with 902 points, standing 15 points aboveJames Anderson. He became the fourth South African bowler to cross 900 points afterVernon Philander,Shaun Pollock andDale Steyn.[40]
In July 2018 during the first testagainst Sri Lanka, Rabada surpassed the record ofHarbhajan Singh to become the youngest ever bowler to take 150 wickets in Test cricket and also became the third fastest South African to reach 150 test wickets in terms of matches (31).[41][42]
In 2018, he took the most wickets in Tests by any bowler, with 52 dismissals.[43] In March 2019, Rabada took his 100th wicket in ODIs in the second ODIagainst Sri Lanka.[44] In April 2019, he was named inSouth Africa's squad for the2019 Cricket World Cup.[45][46] Rabada became only the 8th South African bowler to pick 200 Test wickets as Hasan Ali in the 1st Test of the South African tour of Pakistan in 2021.[47][48][49]
In September 2021, Rabada was named in South Africa's squad for the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[50] On 6 November 2021, in South Africa's final match of the tournament, againstEngland, Rabada became the first bowler for South Africa to take ahat-trick in T20I cricket.[51] In January 2022, Rabada played in his 50th Test match, in the third match of the seriesagainst India.[52] On Day 2 of the first test match of the series against England in August 2022, Rabada took his first five-for at Lord's which earned him a place on the coveted honours board.[53] He is only the fourth South African bowler to achieve this feat since re-admission afterAllan Donald,Makhaya Ntini andVernon Philander.[54]
In May 2024, he was named in South Africa’s squad for the2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[55]
Rabada took his 300th Test wicket on 21 October 2024, on the first day of South Africa's match againstBangladesh, becoming the 39th bowler to reach the milestone.[56][57][58]
On 1 April 2025, Rabada was given a provisional suspension after a sample he provided following anSA20 match on 21 January was positive for a recreational drug. He admitted the offence and was given a three-month ban which was reduced to one-month after he successfully completed a substance abuse treatment programme. The drug involved was not revealed.[59][60][61] On 5 May he cleared to resume playing cricket.[62] On 11 May 2025, the SA Institute of Drug Free Sport revealed that the drug involved was cocaine; Rabada had taken the drug out of competition but it was still in his system by the time of testing.[63]
In 2020 Kagiso Rabada and Cameron Scott founded Kingdom Kome Productions,[64][65] their first project is a short film called "The Ring of Beasts".[64][66]
Rabada's father is a doctor[67] and his mother Florence is a lawyer.[68] He is ofVenda andTswana ancestry.
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