South Africa’s young pace sensation Kagiso Rabada was named the South Africa’s Cricketer of the Year in Sandton on Saturday.
This was his second Cricketer of the Year award. The first he achieved was in the year 2016.
He has joined the likes of Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini and AB de Villiers as two-time winners.
Rabada collected a total of six awards, including Test cricketer of the year, one-day international player of the year and players’ player of the year.
He remains the only African to have won more than five awards.
Shaun Pollock, Dale Steyn, Graeme Smith, Vernon Philander and Quinton de Kock have won the award only once.