Kagiso Rabada has been back to his best in the IPL this season.
Kagiso Rabada surged to the joint-top of the IPL bowlers’ charts after another superb performance against Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Rabada delivered a crucial three-wicket spell with the Proteas pace bowler dismantling the CSK lower order to finish with figures of 3/32 in 3.4 overs. The performance brought his season tally to 24 wickets in 14 matches, tying him with Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the race for the coveted Purple Cap.
Defending their 229/4 on home turf, the Titans relied heavily on Rabada to stifle the Super Kings’ run chase. Rabada, operating with an economy rate of 8.73 on the night, consistently hit the deck to remove Matthew Short upfront before closing out the innings in the 14th over with the wickets of Noor Ahmad and Spencer Johnson.
Rabada’s new-ball partner Mohammed Siraj also bagged 3/26 along with captain Rashid Khan’s 3/18.
