South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada has reached the landmark of 200 wickets in Tests and became the third-fastest South African to reach the milestone in his 44th Test. He reached the landmark with the wicket of Hasan Ali who heaved across the line to get bowled in the ongoing first Test between Pakistan and South Africa at the National Stadium in Karachi.
He has taken his wickets at an average of 22.88 runs per wicket which makes him one of the best bowlers of this era. He made his Test debut against India in 2015 and has not looked back since in his career. He has taken nine five-wickets hauls in an innings of Test matches while a 10-wicket haul in a Test match has been achieved four times by the 25-year-old.
He became the eight South Africa to reach the milestone after Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, Allen Donald, Morne Morkel and Jacques Kallis.
Rabada has also registered his name on the list of the youngest bowlers to take 200 wickets in Tests, as he has become fourth youngest to pass the 200 Test wickets-mark. He is behind Waqar Younis, Kapil Dev, and Harbhajan Singh on the list of youngest bowlers when they took their 200 wickets in the longest format of the game.
Rabada also stands at the third position on the fewest number of balls bowled to take 200 wickets behind Waqra Younis who bowled 7730 balls and Dale Steyn who bowled 7848 balls to reach the milestone. Rabada has bowled 8154 balls to take his 200th Test wicket.
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