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Kagiso Rabada

Kagiso Rabada
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Personal information
Full name Kagiso Rabada
Born (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 21)
Johannesburg, Gauteng,
South Africa
Nickname KG
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 321) 5 November 2015 v India
ODI debut (cap 114) 10 July 2015 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 25
Domestic team information
Years Team
2013–2014 Gauteng
2014–present Lions
2016 Kent
2017 Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 14 31 30 48
Runs scored 127 87 324 136
Batting average 14.11 17.40 13.50 11.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 32* 19* 48* 22
Balls bowled 2,300 1,542 5,504 2,432
Wickets 63 51 130 70
Bowling average 21.76 26.21 22.63 30.82
5 wickets in innings 5 1 7 1
10 wickets in match 2 n/a 3 n/a
Best bowling 7/112 6/16 9/33 6/16
Catches/stumpings 5/– 9/– 10/– 13/–
Source: CricInfo, 21 February 2017

Kagiso Rabada (born 25 May 1995) is a South African international cricketer. Rabada, who is known by the nickname KG, 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. 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.

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

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. He also claimed the best figures of the tournament: 6/25 against Australia A. This led to him being dubbed "the fastest and most feared bowler in the competition".

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.

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.

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. He played in two County Championship and six T20 matches for the county during his spell in England.


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