Kagiso Rabada who is known to be one of the best one-day International (ODI) Test Bowlers in the world. In 2018, he was named the best young player by Wisden. I such a young age, Kagiso Rabada holds several awards and other achievements. ODI Cricketer of the YearTest Cricketer, Best Cricketer at South Africa annual dinner, is among them. He has played in various teams, including South Africa, South Africa U19, South Africa A, Lions, Kent,
Delhi Capitals, Joburg Giants, Jozi Stars. He played his first match in December 2013 at the border with Gauteng against CSA Provincial One Day Competition. His performance in the beginning matches was so incredible that he was selected in the 2014 ‘ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Rabada was recognized as the hero of the match, picking 14 wickets.
In July 2018, he became the youngest bowler to take 150 Wickets in the history of Test Cricket. He was then selected to play in Africa National team in 2019. A controversy happened when Rabada was suspended in his 2017 tour against England for arguing with the player Ben Stokes and using inappropriate language against him during the game. In his next game, he took four wickets in the third match and became the top ODI bowler. In the following year, he took eleven wickets against the Australia tour in the second match. He is known to be part of a cricket franchise called The Highveld Lions. He also played for the; Lions in a first-class cricket competition known to be The Sunfoil Series.
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Early Life And Career Of Rabada
Kagiso Rabada celebrates his birthday on May 25, 1995, in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. His parents are Mpho, who is a lawyer, and Florence Rabada, a doctor. For education, he went to St Stithians Boys College. The first sport he was interested in and played was rugby. His parents supported him in every step of his life. When the Rugby season came to an end, one of his sports teachers wanted him to try cricket, and as expected, he turned out to be good at it. In his next matches, he was termed as the fastest bowler and is known to have the best pace as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. They won The 2014 ‘ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in which Rabada was recognized as the hero of the match, picking 14 wickets.
In 2016 Rabada missed an opportunity to play IPL{Indian Premier League} as he had signed to play for an English first-class county club ‘Kent County Cricket Club. He was auctioned in February 2017 and was picked by Delhi Daredevils" for 50 Million INR and was again selected by Delhi Daredevils in 2018, but due to injury, he was not able to compete in the season. In October 2018, he joined a South African franchise team called ‘Jozi Stars’ to play in the first edition of a T20 cricket tournament called ‘Mzansi Super League.’ International matched Kagiso Rabada international debut on November 5, 2014. He played this match against Australia. The next match was played against Bangladesh on July 10, 2015, in which he took 6 wickets and gave just 16 runs in the whole match. On November 5, 2015, he made his Test Match debut against India.
Net Worth And Relationship Status Of Rabada
His amazing performance in the past matches selected him in in the 2015-16 England tour where he made a record by taking 13 wickets against England and became the youngest South African bowler to achieve beyond ten wickets in the Test match.
The famous young cricketer is living a luxurious life, and his parents are proud of him. He owns fancy cars and a luxurious house. Apparently, His net worth is around 5 million dollars. Recently there was news of Kagiso Rabada and Shomad Jozi were was viral on social media platforms for being in a relationship, but Rabada, in an interview, cleared everything politely that there is nothing more than friendship between them and even if anything were to happen, it would have been announced directly. And he requested his fans not to believe in rumors. It is better to wait for official news from his side rather than being captured in the trap of fake news.