Kagiso Rabada New Record: Kagiso Rabada created history, took 300 wickets in the fewest balls in Test cricket; See interesting statistics here

Kagiso Rabada (Photo: Cricbuzz)

Bangladesh National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team: The first day's play of the first Test match of the two-match Test series between Bangladesh national cricket team vs South Africa national cricket team is being played today i.e. on 21st October at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Kagiso Rabada has created history in this match. Actually, Kagiso Rabada has become the sixth bowler to take 300 wickets for South Africa in Test cricket. Rabada has become the first bowler to take 300 wickets in the fewest balls in Test cricket. Before Rabada, Pakistan's legendary bowler Waqar Younis was at number 1 in this list. Younis took 12,602 balls to reach the 300 wicket mark in Test cricket. Also read: Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st Test 2024 Day 1 Scorecard: Bangladesh lost 8 wickets for 79 runs, South Africa made a strong hold

Apart from this, the list now includes names like former South African legend Dale Steyn at third place and Allan Donald at fourth place, who have taken 300 wickets in 12,605 and 13,672 balls respectively. Interestingly, Rabada has the lowest strike rate of 39.3 among the 38 bowlers who have taken more than 300 Test wickets.

Kagiso Rabada took 300 wickets in test cricket

Wicket number 300 for Kagiso Rabada

He is the only bowler in the history of Test cricket to reach the milestone with a strike rate of less than 40.#BANvSAonFanCode pic.twitter.com/RtUUphAwYE

— FanCode (@FanCode) October 21, 2024

Fastest to 300 Test wickets (by balls)

11,817 – Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)

12,602 – Waqar Younis (Pakistan)

12,605 – Dale Steyn (South Africa)

13,672 – Allan Donald (South Africa)

13,728 – Malcolm Marshall (West Indies)

Most wickets for South Africa in test matches

439 – Dale Steyn (93 Tests)

421 – Shaun Pollock (108 Tests)

390 – Makhaya Ntini (101 Tests)

330 – Allan Donald (72 Tests)

309 – Morne Morkel (86 Tests)

301 – Kagiso Rabada (65 Tests)*

Let us tell you that by crossing the 300 mark in his 65th Test, Rabada has become the third fastest South African bowler to reach 300 wickets in Test matches. Steyn had crossed the 300 mark in 61 Tests, while Allan Donald achieved this feat in his 63rd match.

In his short career, Rabada has taken 529 wickets for South Africa, which includes 301 wickets in Tests, 157 in ODIs and 71 wickets in T20 Internationals between 2014 and 2024.