South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada becomes the third fastest bowler totake 200 test wickets for his country He also became the 8th Proteas bowlerto the mark as well, on Thursday.

The right-handed pace bowler attained the achievement on day three of theongoing first Test against Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi.Dale Steyn is the fastest African bowler to reach the milestone, thoughpacer Allan Donald is the second-quickest Proteas cricketer to take 200Test wickets.

Rabada takes the 200th test wicket of Hassan Ali to achieve this milestoneand also becomes the third-fastest player in test history to achieve thistarget in terms of balls bowled. Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis (7,730) andcompatriot Dale Steyn (7,848) are the two fastest bowlers to the mark,while Rabada took 8154 balls to 200 Test wickets.

The second Test Match will be played in Rawalpindi from 4th February.Whereas, three-match T20I series will be held in Lahore from 11th to 14thFebruary.