IPL 2026: Kagiso Rabada equaled Jasprit Bumrah as soon as he dismissed Virat Kohli, made this special record in IPL

New Delhi: South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has made a big record in his name in the Indian Premier League. In the 42nd match of this season, Rabada bowled strongly for Gujarat Titans against RCB and took the wicket of Virat Kohli. This was the 5th time in T20 that Rabada dismissed Virat Kohli. With this, Rabada has become the non-Indian bowler who has dismissed Virat Kohli the most number of times in T20. In this matter, Rabada has equaled India’s Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami. Bumrah and Shami have also dismissed Virat Kohli 5-5 times.

The record of dismissing Virat Kohli the most number of times in this format is in the name of Sandeep Sharma. Sandeep Sharma has made Virat Kohli his victim 7 times in 21 matches in T20. After this is former veteran and current coach of Gujarat Titans Ashish Nehra. Nehra has dismissed Virat Kohli 6 times in T20. Among non-Indian bowlers, after Rabada, the names of Sunil Narine, Jacques Kallis and Mitchell McClenaghan come. These three have dismissed Kohli 4-4 times.

Virat Kohli was out after scoring 28 runs

Gujarat Titans fast bowler Rabada has undoubtedly dismissed Virat Kohli, but this Indian legend had worsened the condition of this Gujarat pacer before getting out. Virat Kohli hit Rabada for 5 fours in a single over. However, Virat could not extend his innings much and was out after scoring 28 runs in 13 balls. Before getting out, Virat Kohli completed his 8000 runs in IPL. Virat Kohli has become the first batsman in the world to touch this figure in IPL.

Let us tell you that in this match played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad, RCB team came on the field to bat first. RCB’s top order batting failed in the match, due to which the team was limited to 155 runs in 19.2 overs. Devdutt Padikkal played the highest innings of 40 runs in 24 balls for RCB. In bowling, Arshad Khan took maximum 3 wickets for Gujarat, while Rashid Khan and Jason Holder took 2 wickets each. Mohammad Siraj and Rabada also took 1 wicket each.