The previous India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Kohli has now owned the file of taking most catches as an Indian fielder in T20 cricket.He achieved the milestone throughout RCB’s IPL 2024 match towards Punjab Kings in Bengaluru on Monday.
Kohli took a positive catch at covers to dismiss Punjab’s Jonny Bairstow for his 173rd catch in T20s surpassing Suresh Raina‘s file of 172 catches.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma options third on the checklist with 167 catches adopted by Manish Pandey (146) and Suryakumar Yadav (136).
Speaking concerning the match, RCB captain Faf du Plessis gained the toss and elected to bowl first within the first house match of their IPL 2024 marketing campaign on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
RCB got here into the sport after shedding their event opener to Chennai Tremendous Kings by six wickets on Friday night time.
Earlier, Kohli grew to become the primary Indian batter to finish 12,000 runs in T20 cricket throughout the opening match of the season towards Chennai Tremendous Kings.
Kohli, who not too long ago welcomed the arrival of his second little one, achieved the feat in his 377th T20 match and 360th innings. He has scored 8 centuries and 91 fifties thus far in T20 cricket.
Amongst these numbers, Kohli has scored 4037 runs in T20 internationals for India, together with one century. The remainder of the runs have come whereas taking part in for his state group Delhi, Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
