Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Rabada — career overview
Kagiso Rabada is a cricketer who represents South Africa in international cricket as a bowler (Left Handed Bat, Right-arm fast bowler). In international cricket Kagiso Rabada has appeared in 73 Tests (1,031 runs at 11.98); 106 ODIs (401 runs at 14.85); 65 T20Is (156 runs at 17.33). With the ball, Kagiso Rabada has taken 773 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Kagiso Rabada with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where South Africa rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 73 | 109 | 20 | 1031 | 47 | 11.98 | 2070 | 50.17 | - | - | 135 | 16 |
| ODI | 106 | 45 | 18 | 401 | 31 | 14.85 | 507 | 79.38 | - | - | 30 | 12 |
| T20I | 65 | 24 | 15 | 156 | 22 | 17.33 | 141 | 110.64 | - | - | 14 | 5 |
| T20 (dom.) | 70 | 28 | 16 | 184 | 22 | 15.33 | 157 | 117.20 | - | - | 18 | 6 |
| IPL | 84 | 33 | 15 | 215 | 44 | 12.12 | 201 | 106.97 | - | - | 16 | 9 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 73 | 133 | 13322 | 7422 | 338 | 7/112 | 13/144 | 22.01 | 3.35 | 39.4 | 17 | 4 |
| ODI | 106 | 104 | 5444 | 4613 | 168 | 6/16 | 6/16 | 27.56 | 5.08 | 32.7 | 2 | - |
| T20I | 65 | 65 | 1393 | 1928 | 71 | 3/18 | 3/18 | 27.15 | 8.30 | 19.6 | - | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 70 | 70 | 1489 | 2091 | 77 | 3/18 | 3/18 | 27.16 | 8.43 | 19.3 | - | - |
| IPL | 84 | 84 | 1902 | 2732 | 119 | 4/21 | 4/21 | 22.96 | 8.62 | 16.0 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Kagiso Rabada — Career Overview
Kagiso Rabada is a bowler from South Africa. Kagiso bats left handed bat and bowls right-arm fast. Specialist bowlers are judged on wickets, economy, and the ability to deliver in pressure overs — new ball, middle overs containment, or the death. Pace, control and the variations a bowler can call on under pressure define a long international career. South Africa is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 73 Tests: 1,031 runs at an average of 11.98, strike rate 50.17; 106 ODIs: 401 runs at an average of 14.85, strike rate 79.38; 65 T20Is: 156 runs at an average of 17.33, strike rate 110.64. International bowling — 338 wickets in Test at 22.01, economy 3.35 and 17 5-fer; 168 wickets in ODI at 27.56, economy 5.08 and 2 5-fer; 71 wickets in T20I at 27.15, economy 8.30. Domestic and franchise career — IPL: 215 runs in 84 matches. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Kagiso Rabada's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Kagiso Rabada's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.