The Renowned all-rounder Jacques Kallis was overtaken by South Africa’s speedster Kagiso Rabada during the game between the West Indies and South Africa at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad, setting yet another record.
Kagiso Rabada amassed 3-56 in 18 overs during his outstanding day at the cricket. Kagiso Rabada persisted in bowling to a specific strategy and testing the West Indies hitters on a wicket that wasn’t giving much to the fast bowlers. After taking out Kavem Hodge for a key wicket, he removed Kemar Roach and Gudakesh Motie to help clear up the tail.
In the first innings of their encounter against the West Indies, South Africa led 124 runs owing to bowling master Keshav Maharaj and Kagiso Rabada’s three-wicket haul. They scored 30-0 in the second inning, and the openers appeared to be playing well. Due to the continuous rain, South Africa will attempt to score runs fast and declare in order to get points for the World Test Championship with just one day left.
Kagiso Rabada became South Africa’s sixth leading wicket-taker in Test cricket:
Kagiso Rabada, a paceman from South Africa, became the bowler who won the match when he got rid of Gudakesh Motie also with that Rabada’s total number of Test wickets became 293. By getting this wicket, he became the sixth most successful bowler in South African test matches by taking over Jacques Kallis’ place whose tally stood at 292 wickets.
Kagiso Rabada made such a record in just his 63rd Test match. He is currently the number-one bowler for South Africa and holds captaincy for all formats of the game as far as taking wickets is concerned.
Jacques Kallis is one of the greatest all-round cricketers of the cricketing world according to its history. The cricketer’s average was 32, that’s why he is so well-known now. 65 and at the same playing 166 Test matches for South Africa, he was able to claim 292 wickets. In total for his test cricket career, Jacques Kallis took five five-wicket hauls.
Most of the wickets in Test cricket by Proteas is 439 in 93 matches by the veteran bowler Dale Steyn. Other previous captains who bagged as many as 421 wickets in 108 Test matches include Shaun Pollock. Other records in test cricket is held by Makhaya Ntini, Allan Donald, and Morne Morkle.
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