Kagiso Rabada
92South Africa · PACE · 2015 to 2025 · on scorecards: K Rabada
BATTING
- Matches
- 106
- Innings
- 45
- Runs
- 401
- Average
- 14.85
- Strike rate
- 79.09
- High score
- 31*
- 100s / 50s
- 0 / 0
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 168
- Average
- 27.45
- Economy
- 5.08
- Strike rate
- 32.4
- Best figures
- 6/16
- 4w / 5w
- 6 / 2
- Catches / Stumpings
- 41 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 7
CAREER IN BRIEF
Kagiso Rabada played 105 ODIs for South Africa in CricArcade's archive, from 2015 to 2025. The first came against Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, with 6 wickets, and the last against New Zealand at Gaddafi Stadium in 2025.
The most productive decade was the 2010s: 117 wickets at 27.3 in 75 ODIs. The best bowling is 6 for 16 against Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium in 2015. In all: 2 five-wicket hauls.
With the ball: 74 wickets at 29.0 at home and 62 wickets at 23.8 away. The most wickets came against Australia: 30 wickets at 25.5 in 16 ODIs. SuperSport Park was the most frequent ground, with 11 ODIs and 14 wickets at 38.7. The scorecards record 4 player-of-the-match awards. South Africa won 61 of the ODIs Kagiso Rabada played and lost 41.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 105 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31* | 35 | India | The Rose Bowl | 2019 | Lost |
| 26 | 23 | Pakistan | Edgbaston | 2017 | Lost |
| 23* | 11 | Bangladesh | Buffalo Park | 2017 | Won |
| 19* | 23 | India | Holkar Cricket Stadium | 2015 | Lost |
| 19 | 21 | England | Headingley | 2017 | Lost |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/16 | 8 | Bangladesh | Shere Bangla National Stadium | 2015 | Won |
| 5/39 | 10 | Bangladesh | Wanderers Stadium | 2022 | Won |
| 4/39 | 9 | England | Lord's | 2017 | Won |
| 4/41 | 7 | India | Wankhede Stadium | 2015 | Won |
| 4/41 | 8 | Sri Lanka | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | 2018 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 19 | 36 | 18.00 | 0/0 | 29 | 28.10 |
| Australia | 16 | 64 | 21.33 | 0/0 | 30 | 25.50 |
| India | 15 | 86 | 17.20 | 0/0 | 21 | 33.29 |
| Bangladesh | 11 | 52 | 13.00 | 0/0 | 21 | 21.43 |
| England | 11 | 44 | 11.00 | 0/0 | 22 | 23.77 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 68 | 13.60 | 0/0 | 12 | 42.83 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 16 | 16.00 | 0/0 | 15 | 23.07 |
| West Indies | 4 | 10 | 10.00 | 0/0 | 3 | 37.00 |
| Ireland | 3 | 16 | 16.00 | 0/0 | 4 | 30.75 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 1 | 76.00 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 9 | 9.00 | 0/0 | 2 | 44.50 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 5 | 13.20 |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 47 | 128 | 10.67 | 0/0 | 74 | 29.04 |
| Away | 34 | 142 | 15.78 | 0/0 | 62 | 23.77 |
| Neutral | 24 | 131 | 21.83 | 0/0 | 29 | 32.90 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75 | 259 | 16.19 | 0/0 | 117 | 27.34 |
| 2020s | 30 | 142 | 12.91 | 0/0 | 48 | 28.71 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SuperSport Park | 11 | 22 | 5.50 | 0/0 | 14 | 38.71 |
| Wanderers Stadium | 9 | 15 | 5.00 | 0/0 | 20 | 19.40 |
| Newlands | 6 | 21 | – | 0/0 | 12 | 26.25 |
| Kingsmead | 6 | 1 | 1.00 | 0/0 | 7 | 38.14 |
| R Premadasa Stadium | 4 | 33 | 33.00 | 0/0 | 5 | 35.00 |
| Kennington Oval | 4 | 29 | 14.50 | 0/0 | 3 | 67.67 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Bangladesh, 2015 at Shere Bangla National Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v New Zealand, 2025 at Gaddafi Stadium
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 25 May 1995
- Batting
- Left-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm fast
- Balls faced (career)
- 507
- Ducks
- 2
- Four-wicket hauls
- 6
- Most common batting position
- 9th
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 54.9
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 94.0
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 19.3
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 28.3
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 507 balls faced in that period.
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