Kagiso Rabada is one of the most feared pacers in world cricket and continues to be a key figure in Punjab Kings’ bowling lineup. Known for his fiery pace, deadly yorkers, and ability to strike in crucial moments, Rabada has delivered match-winning performances throughout his IPL career. He famously won the Purple Cap in IPL 2020 with 30 wickets and has been a consistent wicket-taker ever since.
In the ongoing IPL 2025, Rabada has featured in 2 matches so far. While he hasn’t had many opportunities with the bat, he showed some promise with a quick unbeaten 7* against Mumbai Indians. He is yet to make a big impact with the ball this season, but his experience and past record against top teams like Royal Challengers Bengaluru make him a crucial player in PBKS’s bowling attack heading into their next fixture.
Kagiso Rabada vs RCB IPL Overall Stats and Records
Rabada has excellent numbers against RCB. He has played 8 matches against them. In those matches, he has taken 18 wickets, which is more than 2 wickets per game, which is excellent. Rabada has an economy rate of 7.03 and has taken two four-wicket hauls. His best against RCB is 4/21. The table below lists all the numbers against this team.
| Mat | Wkt | Econ. | S/R | 4/5 | BBI | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 18 | 7.03 | 10.67 | 2 | 4/21 | 12.50 |
Kagiso Rabada vs RCB Batters
Rabada’s numbers are just brilliant, and RCB is his favourite opponent to bowl against. He has good stats against RCB batters as well. Here are his head-to-head numbers against the current RCB batting unit.
Kagiso Rabada vs Virat Kohli Stats
| Year | Runs | Balls | Outs | Dots | 4s | 6s | SR | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 92.3 | 12.0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 114.3 | 8.0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 250.0 | – |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 112.5 | – |
| Total | 36 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 112.5 | 12.0 |
Kagiso Rabada vs Rajat Patidar Stats
| Year | Runs | Balls | Outs | Dots | 4s | 6s | SR | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | – |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | – |
| Total | 8 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 53.3 | – |
Kagiso Rabada vs Devdutt Padikkal Stats
| Year | Runs | Balls | Outs | Dots | 4s | 6s | SR | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 112.5 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 157.1 | – |
| 2023 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 230.0 | – |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 225.0 | – |
| Total | 57 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 172.7 | – |
Kagiso Rabada vs RCB IPL Match-by-Match Stats and Records
The South African speedster played his first IPL match against RCB in 2019, when he was part of the Delhi Capitals. So here, you can check his match-by-match numbers against Bengaluru in the table.
| Match | Date | Ground | Batsman Dismissed | Overs | Wickets | E/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 07/04/2019 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | A B de Villiers (c C A Ingram) | 4.0 | 4/21 | 5.25 |
| V Kohli (c S S Iyer) | ||||||
| A D Nath (c †R R Pant) | ||||||
| P Negi (c †R R Pant) | ||||||
| 2 | 28/04/2019 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | P A Patel (c A R Patel) | 4.0 | 2/31 | 6.50 |
| Washington Sundar (c S S Iyer) | ||||||
| 3 | 05/10/2020 | Dubai International Cricket Stadium | V Kohli (c †R R Pant) | 4.0 | 4/24 | 6.33 |
| Washington Sundar (c R Ashwin) | ||||||
| S Dube (b) | ||||||
| I Udana (c S S Iyer) | ||||||
| 4 | 02/11/2020 | Sheikh Zayed Stadium | J R Philippe (c P P Shaw) | 4.0 | 2/30 | 6.63 |
| S Dube (c A M Rahane) | ||||||
| 5 | 27/04/2021 | Narendra Modi Stadium | Washington Sundar (c & b) | 4.0 | 1/38 | 7.20 |
| 6 | 08/10/2021 | Dubai International Cricket Stadium | 4.0 | 0/37 | 7.54 | |
| 7 | 13/05/2022 | Brabourne Stadium | V Kohli (c R D Chahar) | 4.0 | 3/21 | 7.21 |
| Shahbaz Ahmed (c P B B Rajapaksa) | ||||||
| H V Patel (c M A Agarwal) | ||||||
| 8 | 25/03/2024 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | F du Plessis (c S M Curran) | 4.0 | 2/23 | 7.03 |
| C Green (c †J M Sharma) |
