Kagisa Rabada scored the fastest ‘triple century’, for the first time a bowler did this feat – Read

It is said that records are meant to be broken as soon as they are made and South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has proved this saying right. As soon as Kagiso Rabada took the second wicket in the first Test match being played against Bangladesh in Dhaka, he completed 300 wickets in Test cricket. The big thing is that Rabada also broke the world record with this wicket. Kagiso Rabada also became the bowler to take 300 wickets in the fewest balls. Rabada broke the record of former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis.

Record of the world of Kagiso Rabada

Kagiso Rabada achieved the feat of completing 300 wickets in 11,817 balls. Earlier this record was in the name of Waqar, who had bowled 12,602 balls to complete 300 Test wickets. Whereas Dale Steyn of South Africa had completed 300 Test wickets in 12,605 balls. Rabada is only 29 years old and this player has achieved the feat of taking 300 wickets with a bowling average of just 22.04 and a strike rate of just 39.39.

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/XFrxe6dlQq

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Rabada could not beat Ashwin

However, if we talk about Test matches, then the record of taking 300 Test wickets in the least number of matches is in the name of R Ashwin. Ashwin had scored a triple century of wickets in just 54 test matches. Dennis Lillee had achieved this feat in 56 matches and Muttiah Muralitharan had achieved this feat in 58 matches. For South Africa, Dale Steyn has done the miracle of taking 300 test wickets in 61 tests. Rabada has done this in his 65th test match.

Morkel-Allen a chance to defeat Donald

Kagiso Rabada now has a chance to defeat two legendary fast bowlers of his country. Morne Morkel has 309 Test wickets in his name, while Donald has taken 330 Test wickets. Now Rabada can overtake him soon. Dale Steyn has taken the most test wickets for South Africa. Steyn has 439 test wickets in his name.