Virat Kohli created history in IPL, made a big record by defeating Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma

During Monday's IPL 2024 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Virat Kohli broke a record that Suresh Raina had held for a very long time. After winning the toss, RCB chose to bowl first. Jonny Bairstow was early dismissed by Mohammed Siraj. The leading batsman for England was out for just eight runs. Bairstow attempted to hit a high hit after hitting two fours, but Kohli caught him, denying him the opportunity to set a significant record.

By snagging Jonny Bairstow's catch, Virat Kohli set a new Indian record and became the player with the most catches in T20 cricket history. This includes all formats of T20 cricket including international cricket and IPL. Suresh Raina was number one in this matter for a long time with 172 catches. At the same time, now Kohli has overtaken him with 173 catches. In this case, Rohit Sharma is in third place with 167 catches.

Indian players taking most catches in T20

Virat Kohli- 173
Suresh Raina- 172
Rohit Sharma- 167
Manish Pandey- 146
Suryakumar Yadav- 136
Shikhar Dhawan- 133
Ravindra Jadeja- 126

Talking about the match, Punjab had a very slow start after losing the toss and coming to bat first. Shikhar Dhawan scored the maximum of 45 runs playing 37 balls. Apart from this, no other batsman could even reach the figure of 30 and Punjab scored 176 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response, RCB achieved the target in 19.2 overs with the loss of 6 wickets. Virat Kohli scored 77 runs in 49 balls while Dinesh Karthik played a brilliant inning of 28 runs in just 10 balls.