Kagiso Rabada Breaks 119-Year-Old Batting Record

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South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada scripted a huge record with his bat on October 22.

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He achieved the feat during the Proteas' first innings in their second Test vs Pakistan in Rawalpindi.

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Coming in to bat at No.11 in the match, the left-handed batter Rabada scored 71 runs off 61 balls.

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His innings that had a strike rate of 116.39 was laced with four fours and as many sixes.

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This is now the highest score by a South Africa player batting at No.11 in Test cricket.

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Rabada surpassed Bert Vogler's 119-year-old record of 62 not out.

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Vogler had played the knock against England in Cape Town in March, 1906.

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