SA vs IND | Kagiso Rabada Tops Tim Southee In An Embarrassing List For Rohit Sharma

Kagiso Rababa has so far taken 4 wickets in Centurion Test (AP Photo)

The much-anticipated two-match Test series between India and South Africa is underway. Earlier, South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first. Skipper Rohit Sharma walked to open the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal with the duo expecting to give a good start.

However, they dealt with an early blow as, once again, Kagiso Rabada got the wicket of Rohit Sharma in Test Cricket. There aren’t a lot of players in world cricket who plays pull shot better than Rohit Sharma.

He is a brilliant puller of the game. However, he has also given his wicket away a number of times while playing this same shot, especially in Test cricket. On the last ball of the 5th over, Rohit pulled the ball straight to the hands of Nandre Burger stationed at deep fine leg.

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Rabada has always won the battle against Rohit Sharma in the longest format. The South African bowler has, in fact, got rid of Rohit Sharma the most times in Test cricket. He has taken the wicket of Rohit Sharma six times in his career.

Rabada has scalped Rohit Sharma’s wicket as many as 13 times in international cricket. Prior to this wicket, Rabada was the joint-highest wicket-taker with Tim Southee against Rohit Sharma with 12 wickets each to their name, followed by Angelo Mathews.

At fourth on the list is Nathan Lyon, who has taken Rohit Sharma’s wicket 9 times. Left-arm New Zealand seamer, Trent Boult has accounted for Rohit Sharma’s wicket 8 times, while Morne Morkel and Pat Cummins has taken Indian opener’s wicket 7 times each.

Bowlers to dismiss Rohit Sharma most times in international cricket:-

Team India are, currently, in a spot of both in the ongoing first Test match against South Africa. At the time of writing, India have lost six wickets for 124 runs with KL Rahul (13) and Shardul Thakur (1) at the crease.

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