Kagiso Rabada

Kagiso Rabada

Gujarat Titans · right arm fast · left-hand bat · Bowler

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17
Matches
29
Wickets
9.68
Economy
13.4
Bowl SR

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)sub-floor
—
SR · 0 balls · 0 R
0 runs0 4s0 6s
Middle (7–15)sub-floor
111.1
SR · 18 balls · 20 R
20 runs4 4s0 6s
Death (16–20)sub-floor
130
SR · 20 balls · 26 R
26 runs1 4s2 6s
Powerplay (1–6) · Bowling
9.73
Economy · 270 balls · 20 wkts
438 runs20 wkts102 dots
↗
Middle (7–15) · Bowling
8.74
Economy · 46 balls · 3 wkts
67 runs3 wkts17 dots
↗
Death (16–20) · Bowling
9.17
Economy · 72 balls · 6 wkts
110 runs6 wkts19 dots
↗

Kagiso Rabada's IPL 2026 chase economy falls under pressure — 7.0 RPO when 11+ required versus 11.6 when under 8.

CricketStudio aggregation of IPL 2026 ball-by-ball over 73 run-chases. Economy = runs charged to the bowler (excl. byes/leg-byes) per legal delivery, bucketed by the required rate faced before each delivery. Monotone falling gradient across low/mid/high pressure; floors ≥18 balls per bucket, ≥90 chase balls.

MetricPressure-inverse chase economy · IPL 2026
Value7.04 RPO @ req≥11
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

P3 — Form & phase

7 claims
IPL 2026 season presence
Kagiso Rabada appeared in 17 IPL 2026 matches (17-fixture sample) for Gujarat Titans, most recently on 2026-05-31.
17 matchesn=17 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date
Death-overs economy, IPL 2026
Kagiso Rabada concedes 9.17 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (72-ball sample, #17 of 66 qualifying bowlers).
9.17 RPOn=72 legal deliveries in overs 16-20 · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best opponent (bowling)
Kagiso Rabada's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: RR — 6 wickets in 3 matches (econ 10.00).
6 wickets vs RRn=66 balls bowled, 110 runs conceded · IPL 2026 to date
Bowling economy in IPL 2026
Kagiso Rabada economy 9.7 in IPL 2026 (388 balls, 29 wickets).
9.7n=388 balls bowled · IPL 2026↗
Powerplay bowling economy in IPL 2026
Kagiso Rabada powerplay economy 9.7 in IPL 2026 (270 balls, 20 wickets).
9.7n=270 PP balls bowled · IPL 2026↗
Death-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
Kagiso Rabada death-overs economy 9.2 in IPL 2026 (72 balls, 6 wickets).
9.2n=72 death-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026↗
Middle-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
Kagiso Rabada middle-overs economy 8.7 in IPL 2026 (46 balls, 3 wickets).
8.7n=46 middle-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

P4 — Season comparatives

4 claims
Gujarat Titans appearance rank, IPL 2026
Kagiso Rabada ranks #7 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Gujarat Titans squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (17 matches).
#7 of 21n=21-player GT cohort · IPL 2026 to date
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
Kagiso Rabada strike rate 121.0 in IPL 2026 (38 balls, 4 innings).
121.0n=38 balls faced · IPL 2026↗
Runs scored in IPL 2026
Kagiso Rabada scored 46 runs in IPL 2026 (4 innings, avg 23.0).
46n=4 innings · IPL 2026↗
Wickets in IPL 2026
Kagiso Rabada took 29 wickets in IPL 2026 (economy 9.7).
29n=388 balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

P2 — Moments

3 claims
IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards
Kagiso Rabada has won Player of the Match 2 times in IPL 2026 — most recently vs SRH on 2026-05-12.
2 POTMsn=2 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best bowling in an innings
Kagiso Rabada's best IPL 2026 bowling: 3/25 in 4 overs vs CSK on 2026-04-26.
3/25n=1 innings (4 overs bowled) · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Kagiso Rabada's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 42 for the 8th wicket with Rashid Khan vs RR on 2026-04-04.
42 runs (8th-wkt)n=1 partnership · 30 balls · IPL 2026 to date

P1 — Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
Kagiso Rabada took the field for Gujarat Titans in their IPL 2026 fixture vs RCB on 2026-05-31 (fixture 69668).
GT vs RCBn=1 match · 2026-05-31 (fixture 69668)
IPL 2026 first appearance
Kagiso Rabada first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-03-31 vs PBKS (fixture 69521).
2026-03-31n=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 2026————————
IPL career343426114.5109.70044

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL 202617172921.29.513/250
IPL career10110115122.28.76—0
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-09-08 03:10:48 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-09-08 03:10:48 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

IPL career before 2026

Kagiso Rabada took 122 wickets in 84 pre-2026 IPL matches (2017–2025), economy 8.61.

Batting by season

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2017DC3554485.918.3351
2019DC4149—4.6701
2020/21DC65615114.31442
2021DC3139——20
2022PBKS74825114.39.652
2023PBKS200—000
2024PBKS32011—2002
2025GT297—901
CareerDC, GT, PBKS3021544107.511.94169

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
2017668.8131.3321.3
201912267.8114.4211.1
2020/2117328.3317.2212.4
202115158.1430.422.4
202213238.4617.6512.5
20236710.1333.2919.7
202411118.8633.8222.9
20254211.578142
Career841228.6122.4815.7
Window: IPL 2017–2025 (pre-2026), 30 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show —.
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 4 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-05-31RCB vs GT3*3100.000Not outL
2026-05-26RCB vs GT95180.020caughtL
2026-04-20GT vs MI111478.620caughtL
2026-04-04GT vs RR23*16143.812Not outL
Last 4 innings · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball · See all →

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored
MatchRunsBallsSRDate
vs RR · Narendra Modi Stadium23*16143.82026-04-04
vs MI · Narendra Modi Stadium111478.62026-04-20
vs RCB · Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium95180.02026-05-26
vs RCB · Narendra Modi Stadium3*3100.02026-05-31
Top 4 innings by runs · IPL 2026 · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3

Batted at 2 distinct positions (#9–#10).

PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#9 tail23430113.334.00
#10 tail2128150.012.00

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3

How Kagiso Rabada was dismissed across 2 wickets.

2
100%
Caught

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
RR12316143.8—1223*
RCB2128150.012.0209
MI1111478.611.02011
Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
Narendra Modi Stadium33733112.137.03223*
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium195180.09.0209
All captures · Full breakdown: /players/kagiso-rabada/by-venue

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As batter

vs bowlerBallsRunsSR4s6sOut
Ashwani Kumar910111.1200

As bowler

vs batterBallsRunsSR concededDotsWkts
Virat Kohli3788237.8100
Vaibhav Suryavanshi2343187.090
Rajat Patidar1623143.890
Prabhsimran Singh1525166.760
Devdutt Padikkal1334261.500
Ravindra Jadeja1219158.340
Lokesh Rahul1118163.640
Matthew Short1119172.740
Yashasvi Jaiswal1013130.040
Cooper Connolly919211.130
Cameron Green99100.050

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
127.6
SR of 127.6 vs pace bowling — 29 balls faced · sub-floor
29 balls·2 6s
vs Spin
100.0
SR of 100.0 vs spin bowling — 9 balls faced · sub-floor
9 balls·0 6s

Full breakdown at /players/kagiso-rabada/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Phase split
/phase-split
Death Overs
/death-overs
Powerplay
/powerplay
Recent Form
/recent-form
By Venue
/by-venue
vs Bowling Type
/by-bowling-type
IPL 2026 Season
/ipl-2026
IPL Career
/ipl-career
Partnerships
/partners
Franchise Mobility
/mobility

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Research mentioning Kagiso

Leaderboards and research reports where this player appears.

IPL 2026
Purple cap — most wickets — IPL 2026

Kagiso ranks #1 with 29 (388 legal deliveries bowled).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Gujarat Titans
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Jasprit Bumrah · 28 ballsAshwani Kumar · 18 ballsJofra Archer · 17 ballsAxar Patel · 14 ballsHardik Pandya · 11 ballsRavi Bishnoi · 10 ballsBhuvneshwar Kumar · 8 ballsShardul Thakur · 8 balls
Venues played at
Narendra Modi Stadium · 3 matchesHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Kagiso Rabada is an Indian cricketer playing for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026 as a bowler (right arm fast), left-handed batter born in Johannesburg.
Kagiso Rabada plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026.
Kagiso Rabada appeared in 17 IPL 2026 matches (17-fixture sample) for Gujarat Titans, most recently on 2026-05-31.
Kagiso Rabada's IPL 2026 chase economy falls under pressure — 7.0 RPO when 11+ required versus 11.6 when under 8.
Kagiso Rabada bowls right arm fast.
Kagiso Rabada's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: RR — 6 wickets in 3 matches (econ 10.00).
Kagiso Rabada concedes 9.17 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (72-ball sample, #17 of 66 qualifying bowlers).
Kagiso Rabada's IPL 2026 chase economy falls under pressure — 7.0 RPO when 11+ required versus 11.6 when under 8.
Kagiso Rabada has won Player of the Match 2 times in IPL 2026 — most recently vs SRH on 2026-05-12.
Kagiso Rabada ranks #7 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Gujarat Titans squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (17 matches).
Kagiso Rabada is Indian, born in Johannesburg.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Kagiso Rabada are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/kagiso-rabada — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Kagiso Rabada was born on 25 May 1995.
Kagiso Rabada is 1.91 m tall.
Kagiso Rabada bats left-handed.
Kagiso Rabada powerplay economy 9.7 in IPL 2026 (270 balls, 20 wickets).

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Kagiso Rabada to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_550215

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Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball match data. Computed 2026-09-08. All metrics are recalculated from raw delivery records. Minimum sample floors apply per claim.