{"id":10522,"date":"2022-11-24T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T12:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentspen.com\/?p=10522"},"modified":"2022-11-24T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T12:37:17","slug":"kagiso-rabada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentspen.com\/kagiso-rabada\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography of Kagiso Rabada: Age, Parents, Cricket Career, Awards, Instagram & Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kagiso Rabada: Biography of Kagiso Rabada, Age, Parents, Cricket Career, Awards, Instagram & Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kagiso Rabada,\u00a0<\/b>popularly known as KG,\u00a0is a South African international\u00a0cricketer\u00a0who plays domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions. He is a fast bowler and plays all formats of the game.<\/p>\n

He made his\u00a0South African\u00a0debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket and his\u00a0Test\u00a0debut in November 2015 against\u00a0India in Mohali. At the age of 22,\u00a0he topped both the ICC ODI bowler rankings\u00a0and the ICC test bowler rankings.<\/div>\n
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In July 2018, he became the youngest bowler to take 150 wickets in Tests aged 23 years and 50 days.<\/div>\n
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Kagiso Rabada Age<\/b><\/h2>\n
He was born on the 25th of May, 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is 24 years old as at 2019.<\/div>\n
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<\/span>Kagiso Rabada Height\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

The young cricketer stands at a height of 1.85m.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Kagiso Rabada Parents<\/b><\/h2>\n

His parents are Mpho and Florence Rabada. His father is a doctor while is mother is a lawyer.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Kagiso Rabada Girlfriend\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

The South African international is currently single and doesn\u2019t have a girlfriend right now.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Kagiso Rabada Early Life\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

He grew up in Gauteng\u2019s Mamelodi and Johannesburg\u2019s West Rand me. Kagiso started his sports career by playing Rugby for his school team. Then after the offseason of Rugby, he started playing cricket.<\/p>\n

He decided to quit Rugby and focus solely on cricket after he was ignored by the respective selectors of the A level cricket team and the Rugby team.<\/p>\n

He won a sports scholarship from St. Stithians where he improved his skills and started playing age-level cricket.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Kagiso Rabada Education\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

He schooled at St Stithians Boys College and matriculated in 2013.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Kagiso Rabada Domestic Career<\/b><\/h2>\n

December 2013<\/strong>: Rabada made his debut for the Gauteng in the CSA Provincial One-Day Competition against\u00a0Border.<\/p>\n

February 2014<\/strong>:\u00a0Rabada represented South Africa\u2019s Under-19 side\u00a0for the\u00a02014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. \u00a0He was named the the fastest and most feared bowler in the competition.<\/p>\n

February 2015<\/strong>: Rabada took a record 14 wickets in a match for Lions against Dolphins, including 9 for 33 in the second innings. His 14 for 105 are the best figures in the franchise era of South African cricket.<\/p>\n

February 2016<\/strong>: He signed a short-term deal to play county cricket\u00a0for\u00a0Kent County Cricket Club in June and July of the English domestic season.<\/p>\n

February 2017<\/strong>: Rabada was bought by the Delhi Daredevils\u00a0team for the\u00a02017 Indian Premier League\u00a0for\u00a0INR\u00a050\u00a0million.<\/p>\n

January 2018<\/strong>: He was bought again by Delhi (Delhi Capitals) in the\u00a02018 IPL auction\u00a0but was later ruled out of the season due to a back injury.<\/p>\n

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October 2018<\/strong>: He was named Jozi Stars\u2019 squad for the\u00a0first edition\u00a0of the\u00a0Mzansi Super League\u00a0T20 tournament.<\/p>\n

September 2019<\/strong>: He was named in the squad for the Jozi Stars\u00a0team for the\u00a02019 Mzansi Super League\u00a0tournament.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Kagiso Rabada International Career<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

November 2014<\/strong>: Rabada made his T20I debut for South Africa\u00a0against Australia\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

July 2015<\/strong>: He made his One Day International\u00a0debut for South Africa\u00a0against Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

November 2015<\/strong>: He made his\u00a0Test\u00a0debut for South Africa\u00a0against India.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

2016<\/strong>: He had his first ten-wicket haul in a Test match against England\u00a0during the 4th Test at\u00a0Centurion.<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong>: His second ten-wicket haul came in against Sri Lanka.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rabada took 4\/39 in the third ODI match of the\u00a0South African tour in England in.<\/sup>\u00a0Following his performance in the match, Rabada became top ranked ODI bowler in the world and the youngest player (aged 22) to top the ODI.<\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n

July 2018<\/strong>: During the first test against Sri Lanka, Rabada surpassed the record of\u00a0Harbhajan Singh\u00a0to become the youngest ever bowler to take 150 wickets in Test cricket and also became the third fastest South African to reach 150 test wickets in terms of matches (31).<\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n

March 2019<\/strong>: Rabada took his 100th wicket in ODIs in the second ODI against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

April 2019<\/strong>: He was named in South Africa\u2019s squad\u00a0for the\u00a02019 Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Kagiso Rabada Awards<\/b><\/h2>\n
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  • 2016 Cricketer of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2016 Test cricketer of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2016 ODI cricketer of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2016 Players\u2019 player of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2016 Fans\u2019 player of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2016 Delivery of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2017 Delivery of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2018 Cricketer of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2018 Test cricketer of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2018 ODI cricketer of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2018 Players\u2019 player of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2018 Fans\u2019 player of the year<\/li>\n
  • 2018 Delivery of the year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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