Kagiso Rabada entered his name in the history books on Tuesday (May 26) by becoming the first player in the world to take 25 wickets in an IPL season three times. Rabada, who is leading the Gujarat Titans’
fast bowling attack in IPL 2026, needed one wicket in the Qualifier 1 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Tuesday in Dharamsala to take his tally of wickets to 25 in the ongoing season, and he opened his wicket account by dismissing Venkatesh Iyer on the sixth ball of his first over.
With 25 wickets to his name in 15 matches of IPL 2026, Rabada is leading the Purple Cap race in IPL 2026. He has picked up one wicket more than RCB’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar in IPL 2026.
Prior to taking 25 wickets in IPL 2026 for GT, Rabada dismissed 25 batters in 12 matches of IPL 2019 for Delhi Capitals and accounted for the dismissal of 30 batters in the 2020 edition. In 2020, he played 17 matches for Delhi Capitals under Shreyas Iyer’s leadership.
The star fast bowler from South Africa is also the first bowler to take 25 wickets in a season for multiple teams.
