Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s star player Virat Kohli surpassed Suresh Raina and became the player with the most catches by a fielder in the Indian Premier League(IPL).
Virat Kohli Tops the List of Players with Most Catches by a Fielder in IPL
Virat achieved this massive feat during the RR vs RCB clash in Jaipur on April 6, 2024. Though Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost the game by 6 wickets, Virat Kohli made a couple of noticeable inclusions in his record book.
Kohli scored his 8th IPL century in 72 balls which is also his slowest IPL century and also surpassed Suresh Raina and became the player with the most catches by a fielder in IPL history.
Virat achieved this feat(most catches) by picking up the catch of Riyan Parag in the 4th delivery of the 16th over.
Most catches by a fielder in the IPL
- 110 – Virat Kohli
- 109 – Suresh Raina
- 103 – Kieron Pollard
- 99 – Rohit Sharma
- 98 – Shikhar Dhawan
- 98 – Ravindra Jadeja
Speaking on the match, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first where Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis opened the inning. Despite the previous matches, the duo made an aggressive start and went on to surpass the 100-run mark.
Rajasthan Royals on the other hand struggled to make the breakthrough to restrict the run flow.
At the end of the 14th over, Chahal dismissed Faf du Plessis for 44 runs and broke the well-settled partnership. Notably, Kohli and du Plessis added more runs today (as a pair) than they collectively managed across the last four innings (124).
During the inning, Virat becomes the first batter to score 7500 runs in Indian Premier League history.
Following the RCB captain’s dismissal, Maxwell also lost his wicket to Nandre Burger after scoring just 1 run off 3 deliveries. On the other hand, Virat Kohli continued his aggression and scored his maiden century of the season in 67 deliveries and made an outstanding inning. His century includes 9 boundaries and 4 sixes.
At the end of 20 overs, RCB scored 183 runs for 3 wickets loss.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler opened the innings on behalf of Rajasthan Royals where Jaiswal lost his wicket to R Topley for a second-ball duck. Following his dismissal, Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler made an outstanding inning and added 148 runs for the next wicket.
Siraj dismissed Sanju Samson for 69 runs and prevented a 150-run stand. But on the other end, Jos Buttler with his steady inning led Rajasthan Royals to a safer zone.
With a six off the first ball of the final over, Jos Buttler scored a century in his 100th IPL appearance and also led the team to register their 4th victory of the season.
Rajasthan Royals registered their fourth consecutive victory of the season by beating RCB by 6 wickets in Jaipur.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru who holds the 8th spot in the IPL 2024 points table will play their next game of the season against Mumbai Indians on April 11 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
