Kagiso Rabada is one of the best pace bowlers in the world currently but despite this, Punjab Kings did not retain him but now Rabada has got a new team. Kagiso Rabada has been bought by Gujarat Titans. Gujarat Titans bought Rabada at a price of Rs 10 crore, 75 lakh.
Fight for Rabada between 3 teams
Rabada’s base price was Rs 2 crore and RCB was the first to bid on him. After this there was a fight between Gujarat Titans and RCB. Mumbai bid for him for Rs 5.25 crore. RCB wanted to buy Rabada for Rs 8.50 crore but in the end Gujarat won. Gujarat bought Raba for Rs 10.75 crore.
Rabada’s IPL career
Kagiso Rabada has taken 117 wickets in 80 matches in IPL. His economy rate has been 8.48 runs per over. His best performance is 4 wickets for 21 runs. Rabada has represented two teams in IPL. He played for Punjab Kings from IPL 2022 to 2024, while he was a part of Delhi Capitals from 2017 to 2021. Rabada has achieved the feat of taking more than 20 wickets in 4 out of 7 seasons of IPL. In IPL 2020, he also won the Purple Cap by taking maximum 30 wickets.
Rabada’s T20 career
Talking about Rabada’s T20 career, this right-arm fast bowler has taken 264 wickets in 211 matches. His economy rate is around 8 runs per over which is quite good according to the current era of cricket. Rabada bowls well from powerplay to death overs.
