Virat Kohli makes record for most catches by a fielder in IPL and most hundreds in a losing cause

Virat Kohli’s eighth IPL century went in vain as Rajasthan Royals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in a one-sided IPL 2024 match on Saturday. Kohli (113 not out off 72 balls) scored his hundred off 67 balls and stitched a 125 runs opening partnership with skipper Faf du Plessis (44 off 33 balls) but RCB’s total of 183 was never going to be enough on a pitch that got better in the second innings.

For Rajasthan Royals, spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (2/34 in 4 overs) and Ravichandran Ashwin (0/28 on 4 overs) did the job of strangling the opposition batters.

Royals completed that task with five balls to spare and six wickets remaining as Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 100 while captain Sanju Samson scored 69 off 42 balls.

There were a plethora of records that were made and broken during the RR vs RCB match. We take a look at the biggest records.

Kohli extended his lead as the batter with most IPL hundreds.

Most hundreds in the IPL:

8 - Virat Kohli
6 - Chris Gayle
6 - Jos Buttler
4 - KL Rahul
4 - David Warner
4 - Shane Watson

Kohli now also holds the record for most IPL hundreds in losing cause.

Most hundreds in a losing cause in the IPL:

3 - Virat Kohli
2 - Hashim Amla
2 - Sanju Samson

With Riyan Parag’s catch in the match, Kohli earned the record for most catches in IPL history for a fielder.

Most catches by a fielder in the IPL:

110 - Virat Kohli
109 - Suresh Raina
103 - Kieron Pollard
99 - Rohit Sharma
98 - Shikhar Dhawan
98 - Ravindra Jadeja

Kohli’s hundred came in 67 balls and it’s joint-slowest in the history of IPL.

Slowest IPL hundreds (by balls taken):

67 - Manish Pandey (RCB) vs Deccan Chargers, Centurion, 2009
67 - Virat Kohli (RCB) vs RR, Jaipur, 2024
66 - Sachin Tendulkar (MI) vs KTK, Mumbai WS, 2011
66 - David Warner (DC) vs KKR, Delhi, 2010
66 - Jos Buttler (RR) vs MI, Mumbai DYP, 2022

Jos Buttler now holds the record for winning most player of the match awards for Rajasthan Royals.

Most player of the match awards for RR in the IPL:

11 - Jos Buttler
10 - Ajinkya Rahane
9 - Yusuf Pathan
9 - Shane Watson

The 152-run partnership between Buttler and Samson was the second highest for RR.

Highest partnerships for Rajasthan for any wicket:

155 - Jos Buttler & Devdutt Padikkal vs DC, Mumbai WS, 2022
152* - Sanju Samson & Ben Stokes vs MI, Abu Dhabi, 2020
150 - Jos Buttler & Sanju Samson vs SRH, Delhi, 2021
148 - Jos Buttler & Sanju Samson vs RCB, Jaipur, 2024
144 - Shane Watson & Ajinkya Rahane vs CSK, Ahmedabad, 2015
138 - Jos Buttler & Sanju Samson vs SRH, Jaipur, 2023