South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada created history by performing brilliantly in the third and decisive Test match against Australia. He has become the fastest bowler to take 350 wickets in terms of balls in Test cricket. Rabada achieved this feat during Australia’s second innings. Along with this, he also broke the record of former South African fast bowler Dale Steyn.

Rabada first sent Matt Renshaw to the pavilion without opening the account in the second innings. After this, he gave a big blow to the Australian batting by dismissing Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head. During this period, he completed his 350 wickets in Test cricket.

Completed 350 wickets in 13,808 balls

Kagiso Rabada has taken 350 wickets by bowling 13,808 balls in Test cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Dale Steyn. Steyn had completed 350 wickets in 14,719 balls. Former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis is at third place in this list. He achieved this feat in 14,905 balls.

With this achievement, Rabada has also become the fourth South African bowler to take 350 wickets in Test cricket.

Bowlers who took 350 test wickets in the fewest balls

• Kagiso Rabada – 13,808 balls
• Dale Steyn – 14,719 balls
• Waqar Younis – 14,905 balls
• Malcolm Marshall – 16,285 balls
• Mitchell Starc – 16,908 balls

Most test wickets for South Africa

Dale Steyn holds the record for taking most wickets in Test cricket for South Africa. He took 439 wickets in his career. In this list, Shaun Pollock is at second place with 421 wickets and Makhaya Ntini is at third place with 390 wickets. Now Kagiso Rabada has become the fourth bowler in this special list by taking 350 wickets.

South Africa came closer to victory

The third Test match being played between Australia and South Africa has reached an exciting turn. Australia seemed to have the upper hand in the beginning of the match. After gaining a lead of 100 runs in the first innings, the Australian bowlers reduced South Africa’s five wickets to just 181 runs in the second innings. At that time South Africa’s total lead was only 81 runs and half of its team had returned to the pavilion.

However, after this Ryan Rickleton and Vian Mulder changed the course of the match with brilliant batting. Rickleton scored 101 runs, while Mulder scored 115 runs. Thanks to the century innings of both the batsmen, South Africa set a challenging target for Australia.

By the time the news was written, seven wickets had fallen for just 60 runs in Australia’s second innings. The team still had to score 228 runs to win. In such a situation, the South African team seemed to be getting closer to victory. Rabada’s record-breaking bowling has also strengthened South Africa’s position in the match.