Friday was a power-pack sports day. While the Indian cricket team was finding it very tough to go over the line against Zimbabwe, England were trying to match Australia shot per shot in the Ashes and while Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer didn't disappoint their fans at Wimbledon semis, a 20-year-old from South Africa was rewriting the cricket record books. Little known pacer Kagiso Rabada made the Bangladeshis dance to his fast bowling at Mirpur on Friday and became the first-ever bowler to take a Hat-Trick on debut.
- On Friday against Bangladesh in the first ODI at Mirpur, Rabada bowled Tamim Iqbal in the third ball of his second over and then had Litton Das and Mahmudullah in the next two deliveries to complete the set.
- Rabada recorded the best-ever figures by any bowler on his ODI debut. He and Fidel Edwards are the only bowlers in the world to have taken a six-wicket haul in their first ODI.
- Third South African to take a ODI hat-trick. Charl Langeveldt and most recently JP Duminy took hat-tricks for South Africa.
- Second bowler to take a hat-trick on ODI debut. Bangladesh's left-arm spinner Taijul Islam was the first bowler to take a hat-trick on debut, he achieved the feat last year against Zimbabwe at the same venue.
- Second South African after Allan Donald to take a five-wicket haul on debut. Overall he's the 11th player to take 5 wickets or more on ODI debut.
- He topped the wickets tally (14) for South Africa in their victorious 2014 Under-19 World Cup campaign in UAE. In the match against Australia Under-19s, he took 6 for 25, the best bowling performance in the tournament.
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