GT vs SRH, IPL 2026: South African and Gujarat Titans pacer Kagiso Rabada received plaudits for his fiery opening spell against the SunRisers Hyderabad as he rattled the top-heavy Orange Army to give early initiative to the hosts in the IPL 2026 match on Tuesday at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The powerplay yielded the 30-year-old three wickets as it firmly pushed the SunRisers onto the back foot on a tricky surface in pursuit of 169 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
GT vs SRH, IPL 2026: How many wickets has Kagiso Rabada taken so far in the season?
With 21 wickets for the Titans in IPL 2026, Rabada has equalled Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s wickets tally in the season. The Proteas star is also the highest wicket-taker of the powerplay in the season with 16. Meanwhile, the wickets he got on Tuesday were of Abhishek Sharma (6), Ishan Kishan (11) and Ravichandran Smaran (9), finishing his spell with a match-defining haul of 4-0-28-3.
Here is how the netizens have reacted to Rabada’s spell:
🚨 Kagiso Rabada is the purple cap holder of IPL 2026 🔥
He Also brings up his 140th IPL wicket milestone 🔥
Legend of the game 💥 pic.twitter.com/ud83ee04HA
— TheWicketReport (@WicketReport) May 12, 2026
Powerplay ( 1-6 ) =-5 absolute carnage 🔥
16 – Kagiso Rabada (ER: 9.03)*
12 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (ER: 6.91)
9 – Jofra Archer (ER: 9.36)
9 – Mohammed Siraj (ER: 7.36)Rabada owning the powerplay – rest are just following. 👑 💥#GTvsSRH #IPL2026 pic.twitter.com/NstJB6PS37
— AtifOnCricket 🏏 (@cricatif) May 12, 2026
#IPL2026: Rabada finishes a brutal opening spell.
Kagiso Rabada bowls his four overs on the bounce and ends with 3/28, ripping through SRH’s top order. He now leads the Powerplay wicket charts this season with 16, as Gujarat Titans keep Sunrisers Hyderabad under pressure.…
— Rediff Cricket (@rediffcricket) May 12, 2026
Kagiso Rabada = Best bowler of IPL 2026#GTvsSRH pic.twitter.com/HaPWII901x
— Ash (@Ashsay_) May 12, 2026
GT vs SRH, IPL 2026: Here are the purple cap standings
| Player | Wickets |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 21 |
| Kagiso Rabada – Gujarat Titans | 21 |
| Anshul Kamboj – Chennai Super Kings | 19 |
| Prince Yadav – Lucknow Super Giants | 16 |
| Eshan Malinga – SunRisers Hyderabad | 16 |
At the time of writing this, the Titans had already won by a massive margin of 82 runs after bowling the SunRisers out for 86.
