The Rising Star (Kagiso Rabada)

Kagiso Rabada was born in Johannesburg on 25th May 1995. He started playing professional cricket for Gauteng in the CSA proffessional one day competition in the year 2013. Soon he was picked up to represent South Africa under 19 team . he grabbed the headlines when he skittled off the Australians in the under 19 world cup. The right arm fast bowler who constantly bowled 140 kph took 6/
25 for South Africa and took them to the final of the tournament. He was then called up by the Lions franchise team for the last two games in the Sunfoil series. During this he played under the watchful eyes of mentor Gordan Parsons and Lanwabo Tsotsobe and Chris Morris as his senior members in the team. This helped him a lot.
Rabada's dream to represent the country at the highest level was not far away. His opportunity came in a twenty twenty game against the Aussies where Maxwell being his first scalp. He the made his dream debut in the ODI's against Bangladesh where he too a hattrick in just his 2nd over and finishing with 6/16 being the best bowling figures by a debutant. Rabada has been showcasing his talent in the current series against India as well. His fabulous last over to restrict india from scoring 11 in the last over by taking 2 wickets is simply outstanding. He is causing problems for Indian batsmen by his accuracy in mind and length and with his great pace. Bowling 140 kph consistently is something very rare nowadays. That is his biggest strength. If he is able to keep himself away from all sorts of injuries and stay fit we will witness a great bowler emerging in the mere future. Rabada being 20 has impressed everyone with the talent he has. He is not afraid of the challenges he faces. He stays calm and backs himself. A player at just the beginning of his career to remain calm and composed without being under any sorts of pressure is great. That Rabada the rising star of South African Cricket.Hope that he will keep on playing well as he is been doing and achieve great success in his future.