IPL 2023: Kagiso Rabada scripts history, becomes fastest to 100 wickets in tournament

Kagiso Rabada. (Photo Source: Twitter/PunjabkingsIPL)

The Indian Premier League season 16 is underway and the fans have got some breathtaking cricketing action to enjoy in the first few weeks of the competition. The match 18 between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans was no different as fans got to see a marvellous return of Mohit Sharma to the T20 extravaganza after three years.

However, in the second innings, it was the South African speedster Kagiso Rabada who stole the limelight as he became the fastest bowler to pick up 100 wickets in IPL history in terms of balls taken. The right-arm fast bowler dismissed Wriddhiman Saha in the fifth over of the second innings and achieved the milestone in 1438 balls leaving behind Lasith Malinga who had achieved the feat in 1622 balls.

The 27-year-old is playing his 65th match of IPL and has picked up 100 wickets at an average of over 19 with six four-wicket hauls to his name. Rabada won the Purple cap in the 2020 season of the tournament picking up 30 wickets in 17 matches at an average of 18.26.