Virat Kohli, on Monday (March 25), added yet one more feather to his already illustrious cap throughout the recreation between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium within the ongoing IPL 2024.
Whereas Virat Kohli has made and damaged a number of batting data over time, he has now created a fielding report as nicely. The Indian batting celebrity has now develop into the Indian participant with essentially the most catches in T20 cricket. The report was beforehand held by former India batsman Suresh Raina.
Each of them had been stage on 172 catches earlier than Virat Kohli broke the report. The RCB star achieved the milestone when he took Jonny Bairstow’s catch. Rohit Sharma is on the third spot with 167 catches adopted by Manish Pandey and Suryakumar Yadav who’ve taken 146 and 136 catches respectively.
Indian fielders with essentially the most catches in Males’s T20 cricket
- 173 – Virat Kohli
- 172 – Suresh Raina
- 167 – Rohit Sharma
- 146 – Manish Pandey
- 136 – Suryakumar Yadav
The general report is held by former West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard who has taken a staggering 362 catches thus far. No different fielder has managed to the touch the 300 catch thus far. David Miller is second with 290 catches adopted by Dwayne Bravo (271), Shoaib Malik (225), and Alex Hales (221) within the prime 5. Within the general checklist, Kohli is on the fifteenth spot.
Poor return for Virat Kohli:
After being away from motion for over a month, Virat Kohli lastly returned to aggressive cricket final week when RCB locked horns in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings within the IPL 2024 opener. The appropriate-handed batsman had final performed a aggressive recreation in January throughout the residence T20I collection in opposition to Afghanistan.
Whereas he was part of the India squad for the primary two Assessments in opposition to England, he determined to tug out of each video games so as to be along with his pregnant spouse Anushka Sharma. The couple welcomed their second youngster, son Akaay final month. Whereas Virat Kohli was anticipated to affix the Indian workforce for the final three Assessments in opposition to England, he determined in any other case.
In his comeback recreation, the previous India skipper didn’t get going. He scored 21 runs off 20 balls earlier than being dismissed by Mustafizur Rahman.
