It can be said that one ball is enough to do something in cricket. But, in SA20, Kagiso Rabada wrote the script of history in 2 overs. What he did in 2 overs was seen done by a bowler for the first time in the history of SA20. The biggest thing was his timing in performing the feat. Due to that Rabada came into more record books. Whatever Rabada did, he did it in the powerplay. His amazing spectacle was seen in the match between Mumbai Indians, Cape Town and Paarl Royals. In this match, Rabada was a part of Mumbai Indians Cape Town, who won the match by 33 runs due to his heroic performance.

Rabada hindered in powerplay

In search of their first win, Mumbai Indians Cape Town came to play against Paarl Royals, batted first and scored 172 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. The start for the Paarl Royal team, which was chasing the target of 173 runs, was not as it should have been. And, the clear cut reason behind this was Kagiso Rabada. He did that miraculous performance in the powerplay itself.

History was created in 2 overs

T20 is often called a batsman's game. Bowling in the powerplay is even more difficult for anyone because the fields are not spread, due to which the batsmen have ample opportunities to score runs. But, when everything was easy for the batsmen of Paarl Royals, Kagiso Rabada created hurdles in their path. What he did in 2 overs of powerplay was seen happening for the first time in the history of SA20.

Became the first player to do so

Kagiso Rabada bowled 2 consecutive maidens in the powerplay against Paarl Royals and also took 2 wickets. In this way, he became the first bowler to bowl two consecutive maiden overs in the powerplay in SA20. These two maiden overs of Rabada were the fourth and sixth overs of Paarl Royals' innings. The Paarl Royals team could never recover from what happened in these two overs and could only score 139 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Due to those 2 maiden overs, Rabada also became the player of the match. In the entire match, Rabada took 2 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs.

Rs 10.75 crore received for IPL 2025

Looking at Kagiso Rabada's performance in SA20, it seems that Gujarat Titans have spent Rs 10.75 crore on him for IPL 2025, it is not in vain. There is a far reaching thought behind it. And, if Rabada does similar performance in IPL 2025 also, then Shubman Gill's job may become easier.