Virat Kohli accomplished the feat in their IPL 2023 match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the M Chinaswammy Stadium in Bengaluru.
UPDATE – Mon 4/24/23 10:01 AM
Bangalore: Star India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) set a new fielding record on Sunday, becoming the first player on his team and the third to complete 100 catches as an outfielder in the Indian Premier League (IPL). player with the ball.
He accomplished the feat in the IPL 2023 match at home against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Although Virat Kohli was sent off for the Golden Duck during the game, his presence on the field made up for it. He sacked young top batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal in two catches and they threatened to take the game away from RCB in their 190-run chase. Those wickets proved to be very helpful for his team to win.
Virat now has a total of 101 catches in 228 games, second only to all-arounder Kieron Pollard (103 catches) and hitter Suresh Raina (109 catches in 204 games).
Virat has also shown some remarkable bat form in IPL 2023, scoring 279 runs at an average of 46.50 in seven matches. He has recorded four half-centuries in the Championship to date with a best of 82*. He hit 141.62.
Batting first by RR, RCB batted 189/9 in their 20 overs. Faf du Plessis (62 off 39 balls, eight fours and two sixes) and Glenn Maxwell (77 off 44 balls) after losing backup captain Virat Kohli to the Golden Ducks and reducing to 12/2 , 6 fours and 4 sixes) set up a run of 127 for the third wicket.
The stand proved helpful in helping RCB post competitive totals. Trent Bolt (2/41) was the RR bowler’s choice. Sandeep Sharma also scored 2/49 in his four overs. Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin had one wicket each.
In the chase for 190, RR lost their star hitter Joss Butler by a duck. But 98 for the second wicket between Yashasvi Jaiswal (47 off 37 balls, five fours and two sixes) and Devdutt Padikkal (52 off 34 balls, seven fours and six balls) Get RR back in the game.
Later contributions came from skippers Sanju Samson (22 off 15 balls, with two fours and a six) and Dhruv Jurel (34* off 16 balls, with two fours and two overs) six), but a special death bowling from RCB cost them seven less wins.
Harshal Patel (3/32) was the RCB bowler’s pick and did make an impact as an ‘impact player’. Mohammed Siraj and David Willey each had a wicket.
Maxwell was awarded “Man of the Match” for the 50 games he won the game.
