Casso Rabada WTC Faln 2025: South Africa performed brilliantly on the first day of the World Test Championship Final 2025. In this match being played at the Lord’s grounds in England, South Africa won the toss and chose the first bowling. The Kangaroo team piled up for 212 runs in this match. South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada bowled well and took 5 wickets for 51 runs.

As a result, the Defending Champion Kangaroo team was reduced to very quickly. The South African team, who came out in response, has lost 4 wickets for 43 runs on the first day. Kagiso Rabada, the biggest hero of the first day of the WTC final, was also in the discussion due to wrong reasons.

Five-wicket haul in his first World Test Championship Final 🔥

Watch his incredible spell ➡️ https://t.co/ohqHuu1iQU pic.twitter.com/Lph78tTsYq

— ICC (@ICC) June 12, 2025

He was able to play only two matches for Gujarat Titans in the IPL. After this, he returned home after telling him “personal region”. Later it was discovered that he was banned for a month for consuming cocaine.

After returning to India, he played only two more matches. His performance throughout the tournament was very weak. He was at 88th in economy rate and number 100 in strike rate, that is, he looks like a common player, who does not expect a class player like Rabada.

What happened after this was even more shocking. Rabada apologized, but he did not say which drug he had done and how many times he had done. Caught by using just once will also be considered a kind of misfortune. The special thing is that the two senior journalists who had reported this news earlier, were not invited to the press conference of Rabada.

Rabada’s amazing in WTC Final, left behind old controversy

On Wednesday (June 11), the pressure on Rabada’s shoulders in Lord’s was somewhat more. Captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and not batting, but chose bowling. Rabada proved this decision right. He took 5 wickets for 51 runs in 15.4 overs by dismissing Usman Khwaja, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, Bu Webster and Nathan Lion. When he was asked about the cocaine controversy, Rabada said smiling, he was not my best watch … Now life is moving forward. I try my best in every match.

CAUGHT & Webster departs! 💪🏻#BeauWebster‘s resistance is broken! #Kagisorabada gets the breakthrough and he now moves up to No. 4 on South Africa’s all-time Test wicket-takers list! 👏🏻

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– Star Sports (@Starsportsindia) June 11, 2025

With this performance, Rabada’s Test wicket became 332, leaving behind Allen Donald and finished fourth in the list of South Africa’s highest wicket -takers. Now beyond them are only del Stan, Shaun Paulk and Makhaya Antenni.

Keep in mind that Rabada was seen playing with Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL). During this, he took 2 wickets in 4 matches of this season. His economy rate was recorded at 11.57 and average 42. In late March, Kagiso Rabada returned to his home from IPL 2025 due to “personal reasons”. But later it was revealed that he was found positive in a test conducted for some intoxicated substance (such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin or ecstasy). After this, things related to his mistake became public.