On this day, back in 1995, South African star cricketer Kagiso Rabada was born, who has taken his side to the pinnacle of the level with his huge success and glorious career. He topped both the ODI bowling rankings and the test bowling rankings back in 2018 when he was just 22 years old. In addition, he became the youngest bowler to take 150 wickets in Test cricket in the same year for the Proteas camp.
Notably, Kagiso Rabada was the first cricketer to win six awards at Cricket South Africa back in 2016, and he again bagged six awards at CSA in 2018. In the same year, the right-arm pacer was named the best young player in the world, and he is the only cricketer from Proteas Camp who has taken a hat-trick in all three formats of the game.
Speaking about his early career, Rabada made his debut for Gauteng in the CSA Provincial ODI game against Border when he was just 18 years old. His performance helped him to make a place in the U-19 World Cup in 2014, where he was the best bowler who had claimed around 14 wickets in the marquee event with a solid economy of 3.10. He played a great role in guiding South Africa towards victory after defeating Pakistan under Aiden Markram’s captaincy. This led him to become the fastest and most-feared bowler in the marquee event. For the same reason, he signed with Kent County Cricket Club and also got the opportunity to sign an IPL contract.
Meanwhile, the great seamer made his T20I debut for South Africa against Australia on November 5, 2014, while he made his ODI debut against Bangladesh on July 10, 2015, where he achieved his best bowling figure of 6/16 in his debut game. However, he made his Test debut for South Africa against India on November 5, 2015.