Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Rabada IND vs SA 1st Test: South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has put Team India in serious trouble. By the time India’s seven wickets had fallen, only Kagiso Rabada had taken five of them. This is the first time that Kagiso Rabada has taken five wickets in a Test against the Indian team. With these five wickets, he has achieved another new milestone. Although Team India couldn’t play any South African bowler properly, it was Rabada who gave them the most trouble.
Kagiso Rabada started taking wickets by dismissing Rohit Sharma
On the very first day of the first match of the India vs South Africa Test series, Team India was on the defensive. What was special was that South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bowl first, which later turned out to be correct. The opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal got out early and returned to the pavilion. After that, all hopes lay with Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli had settled in and understood the pitch well, but after that, Kagiso Rabada also made him his victim.
Rabada took 5 wickets against Team India
Kagiso Rabada took five wickets for the first time in any format against the Indian team. While Rabada had taken five wickets, he had conceded just 37 runs in 14 overs and bowled three first overs. Rabada initially let captain Rohit Sharma run. After that, he sort of broke the back of Team India by firing Virat Kohli. They didn’t stop there. After bowling Shreyas Iyer cleanly, Rabada also dismissed Ravichandran Ashwin and Shardul Thakur. Team India could not recover from this.
Kagiso Rabada completed 500 international wickets
With this, Rabada also completed his 500 wickets in international cricket. Before this match he had taken 495 wickets. As for his career, he has taken 285 wickets to his name after playing 60 Tests. He has 157 wickets to his name after playing 101 ODI games. Even in T20 International, he was an excellent bowler and took 58 wickets in 56 matches.
Team India’s pacemakers will also be in focus
However, there was help from the pitch behind the bowling of Kagiso Rabada. He caused the Indian team a lot of problems with bounce and momentum. If Team India reaches 200 runs from here, it will be a big thing. After this, it will be interesting to see if the Indian team’s bowlers will also be able to trouble the opposition team’s batsmen in the same way.
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