K Rabada’s three wickets in the first innings against Bangladesh in the on-going test at Mirpur fetched him an aggregate of 302 test wickets.  He became the 39^th bowlers in the annals of test cricket to capture 300 plus test wickets. The following table list all the 39 bowlers who have performed the feat in the descending order of wickets captured by them

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	M Muralidaran	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800	9/051	16/220	22.72	67	22
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708	8/071	12/128	25.41	37	10
3	JM Anderson	Eng	188	350	40037	18627	704	7/042	11/071	26.45	32	03
4	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	35	08
5	SCJ Broad	Eng	167	309	33698	16719	604	8/015	11/121	27.68	20	03
6	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563	8/024	10/027	21.64	29	03
7	NM Lyon	Aus	129	242	32761	16052	530	8/050	13/154	30.28	24	05
8	R Ashwin	Ind	103	195	26658	12567	528	7/059	13/140	23.80	37	08
9	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519	7/037	13/055	24.44	22	03
10	DW Steyn	SAF	093	171	18608	10077	439	7/051	11/060	22.95	26	05
11	N Kapil Dev	Ind	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/083	11/146	29.64	23	02
12	HMRKB Herath	Srl	093	170	25993	12157	433	9/127	14/184	28.07	34	09
13	Sir RJ Hadlee	NZl	086	150	21918	09611	431	9/052	15/123	22.29	36	09
14	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	09733	421	7/087	10/147	23.11	16	01
15	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/084	15/217	32.46	25	05
16	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	09779	414	7/119	11/110	23.62	25	05
17	CEL Ambrose	Win	098	179	22103	08501	405	8/045	11/084	20.99	22	03
18	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390	7/037	13/132	28.82	18	04
19	TG Southee	NZl	103	195	23034	11473	384	7/064	10/108	29.87	15	01
20	IT Botham	Eng	102	168	21815	10878	383	8/034	13/106	28.40	27	04
21	MD Marshall	Win	081	151	17584	07876	376	7/022	11/089	20.94	22	04
22	Waqar Younis	Pak	087	154	16224	08788	373	7/076	13/135	23.56	22	05
23	Imran Khan	Pak	088	142	19458	08258	362	8/058	14/116	22.81	23	06
24	DL Vettori	NZl	113	187	28814	12441	362	7/087	12/149	34.36	20	03
25	MA Starc	Aus	089	170	17417	09932	358	6/050	11/094	27.74	14	02
26	DK Lillee	Aus	070	132	18467	08493	355	7/083	11/123	23.92	23	07
27	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	111	194	23438	10501	355	7/071	14/191	29.58	12	02
28	AA Donald	SAF	072	129	15519	07344	330	8/071	12/139	22.25	20	03
29	RGD Willis	Eng	090	165	17357	08190	325	8/043	09/092	25.20	16	00
30	TA Boult	NZl	078	149	17417	08717	317	6/030	10/080	27.49	10	01
31	MG Johnson	Aus	073	140	16001	08891	313	8/061	12/127	28.40	12	03
32	Z Khan	Ind	092	165	18785	10247	311	7/087	10/149	32.94	11	01
33	I Sharma	Ind	105	188	19160	10078	311	7/074	10/108	32.40	11	01
34	B Lee	Aus	076	150	16531	09554	310	5/030	09/171	30.81	10	00
35	LR Gibbs	Won	079	148	27115	08989	309	8/038	11/157	29.09	18	02
36	M Morkel	SAF	086	160	16498	08550	309	6/023	09/110	27.66	08	00
37	FS Trueman	Eng	067	127	15178	06625	307	8/031	12/119	21.57	17	03
38	RA Jadeja	Ind	075	142	17654	07335	306	7/042	10/110	23.97	13	02
39	K Rabada	SAF	065	117	11854	06629	302	7/112	13/144	21.95	14	04

K Rabada’s three wickets in the first innings against Bangladesh in the on-going test at Mirpur fetched him an aggregate of 302 test wickets.  He became the sixth South African bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 300 plus test wickets. The following table list all the six bowlers who have performed the feat in the descending order of wickets captured by them

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	DW Steyn	SAF	093	171	18608	10077	439	7/051	11/060	22.95	26	05
2	SM Pollock	SAF	108	202	24353	09733	421	7/087	10/147	23.11	16	01
3	M Ntini	SAF	101	190	20834	11242	390	7/037	13/132	28.82	18	04
4	AA Donald	SAF	072	129	15519	07344	330	8/071	12/139	22.25	20	03
5	M Morkel	SAF	086	160	16498	08550	309	6/023	09/110	27.66	08	00
6	K Rabada	SAF	065	117	11854	06629	302	7/112	13/144	21.95	14	04

It is interesting to note that three bowlers – RGD Willis of England, B Lee of Australia and M Morkel of South Africa – have an aggregate of 300 plus wickets without capturing a ten wicket haul in a test match

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	RGD Willis	Eng	090	165	17357	08190	325	8/043	09/092	25.20	16	00
2	B Lee	Aus	076	150	16531	09554	310	5/030	09/171	30.81	10	00
3	M Morkel	SAF	086	160	16498	08550	309	6/023	09/110	27.66	08	00

Note – Stats as of 21.01.2024 at the end of the first day of the test between Bangladesh and South Africa at Mirpur