Kagiso Rabada out of IPL 2018 due to back injury April 05 2018 Kagiso Rabada has been ruled out of IPL 2018 with a lower-back stress reaction. The South African fast bowler, retained by Delhi Daredevils using the Right To Match Card for INR 4.2 crores, felt tightness and discomfort during the Johannesburg Test of the recently-concluded Australia series. Subsequent scans revealed the injury, which will sideline the 22-year-old for up to three months. Rabada's international season only finished on Tuesday morning, when he bowled just three overs on the final day of the Australia Tests and later admitted to feeling relieved that Vernon Philander had run through the Australian line-up so that he did not have to bowl. "Something I have to think about and plan moving forward is how to have some time off," Rabada had said after the Test, citing concerns over his workload. "It is very important because you ultimately want to play for 10 to 15 years and you've got to have some sort of plan. You can't just drift through it." He played all 10 Tests in South Africa's home summer as well as eight of their nine ODIs and sent down as many as 2326 deliveries across formats since South Africa's season began with the first Test against Bangladesh on September 28. A replacement for Rabada will have to be approved by the IPL technical committee. Delhi Daredevils already have Trent Boult in their fast-bowling group with Indian options in Mohammed Shami and Avesh Khan. Chris Morris, Daniel Christian are other medium-pace all-rounders in the squad. The Daredevils open their quest for a maiden IPL title on April 8 against Kings XI Punjab.
