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Gujarat Titans’ star fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is now back on top of the Purple Cap table and is jointly tops with RCB’s talisman, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, with the Purple Cap on the top of their heads. His contribution with the ball has been vital in taking the Titans forward.
Gujarat Titans fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has been in great form this season. He has taken 21 wickets after 12 matches this season and is close to making some big records in the IPL.
Rabada, who has now completed 16 wickets in the powerplay this season, is inching closer to the former record of Mohammed Shami, who completed a stellar season in 2023 and took 17 wickets in the powerplay, the most by any bowler in the history of the IPL.
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Kagiso has been GT’s highest wicket taker with the ball and a lot depends on his ability with the ball. Had he not found himself between the wickets, the Titans would not have been able to win over Sunrisers.
Bowling straight and holding his line and length firmly, he dismissed the likes of Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Smrana Ravichandran and backed up his performance with 3 for 28 in his quota of four overs.
He could have easily flashed the purple cap on his head if that ball had rolled and hit the stumps and blown the bails. But Rabada was unlucky despite the fact that Salil Arora survived.
Kagiso Rabada’s missed opportunity and Ishan Kishan’s dismissal.
Kagiso Rabada had a good night with the ball; However, Mohammed Siraj could have got his second wicket in the third over of the game had the ball not burst through the hands of Kagiso Rabada, who was guarding the mid-on region.
Although it never looked like a half-chance, Rabada considered it a drop chance. He also took the blame and claimed that he could not react fast enough, as he failed to assess the speed of the ball. However, he dismissed Ishan Kishan on the first ball of the very next over.
“I didn’t react fast enough. I did not judge the speed of the ball there. And that was an important wicket to get. After they had it, I think it was down twice. It would have been nice to have all three of them down there. So luckily we got the wicket in the end,” claimed the GT pacer.
He showed how to bowl on it – Kagiso Rabada
“Yes, rhythm is everything. And for me, it’s about bowling as well as I can, but also keeping myself ready for the match. But rhythm is everything, and you have to find a way to click somehow.”
“Well, it’s just about finding out what kind of pitch we are playing on and bowling accordingly. But each of us has our own natural qualities that we bring as bowlers,” Rabada said, revealing how, for him, rhythm is the key to his great success.
Rabada further said that the SRH bowlers showed him the real way to hit the right length on that pitch and he implemented it in the second innings, thus earning them credit for their win.
“Yes, 100%. He showed how to bowl on it, and then we just tried to follow him and make it a little better. So that’s what we did. The wicket became a little stickier, really tough for the batsmen. So yes, patience and simplicity worked on this pitch,” he said.
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