Kamuzeng Rabada Continuing his sensational IPL 2026 season with another devastating new-ball spell, he topped Sunrisers Hyderabad’s top order and kept pace with some of the greatest power bowling seasons in the history of the tournament. Rabada once again proved why he has become the most destructive fast bowler of the season with the new ball with a scorching performance of 4-0-28-3 against SRH in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. South African speedster sacked Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Smaran Ravichandran in a brutal power-play burst that plunged Hyderabad into utter chaos.
With these wickets, Rabada now has 16 wickets in the powerplay format this season, equaling the second-highest tally in a single edition of IPL. only Mohammad ShamiThe 17 power-play wickets in IPL 2023 are still ahead of him. Most wickets in a Powerplay match of the IPL season:
- 17 – Mohammed Shami (2023)
- 16 – Mitchell Johnson (2013)
- 16 – Trent Bolt (2020)
- 16* – Kagiso Rabada (2026)
Rabada is also comfortably ahead in the IPL 2026 powerplay wicket rankings, well ahead of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jofra Archer and Mohammed Siraj.Most wickets in IPL Powerplay matches 2026 (Overs 1-6)16 – KG Rabada(ER: 9.03)*12 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (ER: 6.91)9 – Jofra Archer (ER: 9.36)9 – Mohammed Siraj (ER: 7.36) The effects of Rabada mantra are immediate. SRH’s win rate in the first six games is just 34/4, their second-lowest powerplay total in IPL 2026 and the first time this season that they have lost four wickets in the powerplay. After Gujarat Titans posted a record of 168/5 thanks to gritty half-centuries from Sai Sudharsan and Washington Sundar, Rabada ensured that SRH was never left in the chase. He first got rid of Abhishek Sharma with extra pace and bounce and then trapped Ishan Kishan in SRH’s desperate rebuild. Rabada then struck again, removing Smaran Ravichandran to complete another stunning opening spell that tore apart Hyderabad’s aggressive batting line-up. Throughout IPL 2026, Rabada consistently struck with raw pace, hostile length and relentless accuracy, often making the conditions irrelevant. Against SRH, he once again showed why Gujarat Titans have one of the most feared pace attacks in the tournament.
