‘Rabada ka jadu chal gaya’ – Fans react as Kagiso Rabada claims fifer and completes 500 international wickets in Centurion Test against India

Kagiso Rabada has been on an absolute roll on the first day of the first Test match against India at SuperSport Park in Centurion. On an overcast morning, the star pacer gave a terrific start for the home side by getting the big wicket of Rohit Sharma. The spell of the pacer reduced India to a score of 25/3 in no time. It was a great exhibition of seam bowling.

The right-arm quick was again at the batters soon after the lunch break. India was going good at 96/3 when Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli played some shots. That was when Rabada delivered a couple of peaches to break the partnership between the two middle-order batters. The right-arm pacer further dismissed the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and Shardul Thakur to achieve huge milestones.

The South African pacer registered a well-deserved five-wicket haul towards the end of the second session of the first day. In his spell of 15 overs, Rabada bowled 3 maiden overs and conceded only 41 runs with the ball. He claimed 5 wickets and had India at 176/7 at the end of the 50th over, which marked the end of the second session. Rabada celebrated the milestone with a huge smile.

Kagiso Rabada claims 500th international wicket

As Rabada claimed a fifer on the first day, he also achieved the milestone of claiming 500 or more wickets in international cricket. The 28-year-old has 285 wickets currently in Test cricket alone, which is a great achievement. In the ODI World Cup 2023, Rabada was assigned a different role in South Africa. Unlike the usual role of leading the attack, Rabada was mostly a first-change bowler in the ODI WC 2023.

As a bowler, Rabada is known for his wicket-taking abilities. The seam bowler has the best bowling SR for a bowler with more than 250 wickets in Test cricket. At the moment, the South African is the only pacer to have a bowling SR of less than 40 in the longest format of the game with a minimum of 275 wickets in the format.

Here’s how the fans reacted to the news:

Rabada tabada dabada ka jadu chal gya 🤪🤪🤪🤪

— Adv Rajat prajapati 🧑‍🎓🧑‍✈️ (@rajat9565) December 26, 2023

Kagiso Rabada has taken 500

— Al-Qur’aan (@Al_Quran360) December 26, 2023

Kagiso Rabada is a modern day great of the game and he will retire as probably the last or one of the last fast bowlers who will have a good tally of wickets in tests and Odis both. pic.twitter.com/o570aoIh9R

— Sæn (@TheHelmetPunch) December 26, 2023

after dayle styne kakiso rabada can rule the pace factory of SA pic.twitter.com/Pj06G3EN0R

— Messi Fan (@George_leo453) December 26, 2023

Getting wickets of strong Indian batters is no joke. Take a bow ❤️

— Fariha 🦋 (@fariha_speaks) December 26, 2023

In just eight years of test career

— जनरल नरभक्षी पैरोडी 🏹 (@GDnarbhakshi) December 26, 2023

KG Rabada leading in terms of Strike rate!!

Dale and Waqar are so behind!! pic.twitter.com/sTL20CiOqS

— Sæn (@TheHelmetPunch) December 26, 2023

Greatest SA bowler after steynhttps://t.co/F7JhtjX3aW

— Abhishek bhatt (@kohlified_Bhatt) December 26, 2023

Making nahi bhai. He’s already a legend of the game. His sheer numbers, the impact he has on the game is stuff of legends. 🫡👑🔥

— Anurag Rekhi (@Dravidict) December 26, 2023

He’ll gonna become the huge thing in test Cricket🔥

— Listen (@listen_virat) December 26, 2023