Virat Kohli Becomes Sixth Indian to Take 100 Catches

Virat Kohli Becomes Sixth Indian to Take 100 Catches

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Category : Sports Published on: January 14 2022

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Virat Kohli became the sixth Indian and 39th fielder overall to complete a century of catches in Tests.
The Indian skipper, achieved this feat, in the 188th innings of the 99th Test match by holding Temba Bavuma off Mohammed Shami in South Africa’s first innings on the second day of the third and final Test match at Newlands, Cape Town.
Rahul Dravid who took 210 catches in 301 innings of 164 Tests matches, holds the record of the highest number of catches in Tests. He took 209 catches in 299 innings of 163 Test matches for India while he held one catch in two innings of the sole Test match for World XI against Australia.
Virat Kohli took 45 catches in 87 innings of 44 Test matches at home while he held 55 catches in 101 innings of 55 Test matches away from home.
Prior to this, former India cricketer and head coach Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar,Mohammad Azharuddin is the first five Indian cricketers to have this feat.

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