{"id":15374,"date":"2026-05-12T17:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/12\/ipl-2026-kagiso-rabada-enters-elite-ipl-club-with-historic-powerplay-bowling-feat-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:58:36","slug":"ipl-2026-kagiso-rabada-enters-elite-ipl-club-with-historic-powerplay-bowling-feat-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=15374","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Kagiso Rabada enters elite IPL club with historic powerplay bowling feat | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131045732,imgsize-124020,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ipl-2026-gt-vs-srh.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Kagiso Rabada enters elite IPL club with historic powerplay bowling feat\" title=\"Gujarat Titans' Kagiso Rabada (PTI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Gujarat Titans' Kagiso Rabada (PTI Photo)\">Gujarat Titans&#8217; Kagiso Rabada (PTI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/kagiso-rabada\/63611\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Kagiso Rabada<\/a> continued his sensational IPL 2026 campaign with another devastating new-ball spell, tearing through Sunrisers Hyderabad\u2019s top order and moving level with some of the greatest powerplay bowling seasons in tournament history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/> Rabada produced a fiery spell of 4-0-28-3 against SRH in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, once again proving why he has been the most destructive fast bowler of the season with the new ball. The South African speedster dismissed <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/abhishek-sharma\/66799\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Abhishek Sharma<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/ishan-kishan\/64712\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ishan Kishan<\/a> and Smaran Ravichandran during a brutal powerplay burst that left Hyderabad in complete disarray.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/> <\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Matthew Hayden explains GT\u2019s success formula, Rashid\u2019s comeback &amp; bowling firepower<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/> With those wickets, Rabada now has 16 wickets inside the powerplay this season, equalling the second-highest tally ever recorded in a single IPL edition. Only <!-- -->Mohammed Shami<!-- -->, who claimed 17 powerplay wickets in IPL 2023, remains ahead of him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/> <span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Most wickets in the powerplay in an IPL season:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/> <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"23\">\n<ul>\n<li> 17 \u2013 Mohammed Shami (2023) <\/li>\n<li> 16 \u2013 Mitchell Johnson (2013) <\/li>\n<li> 16 \u2013 Trent Boult (2020) <\/li>\n<li> 16* \u2013 Kagiso Rabada (2026) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p> Rabada also comfortably leads the IPL 2026 powerplay wicket charts, well ahead of <!-- -->Bhuvneshwar Kumar<!-- -->, <!-- -->Jofra Archer<!-- --> and Mohammed Siraj.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Most wickets in the powerplay (1-6 overs) in IPL 2026<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>16 &#8211; KG Rabada (ER: 9.03)*<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>12 &#8211; Bhuvneshwar Kumar (ER: 6.91)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>9 &#8211; Jofra Archer (ER: 9.36)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>9 &#8211; Mohammed Siraj (ER: 7.36)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/> The impact of Rabada\u2019s spell was immediate. SRH crawled to just 34\/4 in the first six overs, their second-lowest powerplay total of IPL 2026 and the first time this season they had lost four wickets inside the powerplay.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/> After Gujarat Titans posted 168\/5 thanks to gritty half-centuries from Sai Sudharsan and Washington Sundar, Rabada ensured SRH never settled into the chase.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/> He first removed Abhishek Sharma with extra pace and bounce before trapping Ishan Kishan during SRH\u2019s desperate attempt to rebuild. Rabada then struck again to dismiss Smaran Ravichandran, completing another breathtaking opening spell that ripped apart Hyderabad\u2019s aggressive batting line-up.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/> Throughout IPL 2026, Rabada has consistently attacked with raw pace, hostile lengths and relentless accuracy, often making conditions irrelevant. Against SRH, he once again showed why Gujarat Titans possess one of the most feared pace attacks in the tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-kagiso-rabada-enters-elite-ipl-club-with-historic-powerplay-bowling-feat\/articleshow\/131045725.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat Titans&#8217; Kagiso Rabada (PTI Photo) Kagiso Rabada continued his sensational IPL 2026 campaign with another devastating new-ball spell, tearing through Sunrisers Hyderabad\u2019s top order and moving level with some of the greatest powerplay bowling seasons in tournament history. Rabada produced a fiery spell of 4-0-28-3 against SRH in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, once again proving&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}