Virat Kohli's batting ability almost overshadows his fielding prowess and rarely makes headlines. However, the former India captain showcased how safe he is on the field and especially in the slip cordon when he pouched two catches to dismiss Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne.
Virat Kohli helps Jasprit Bumrah see the back of Nathan McSweeney:
Virat has now grabbed 70 catches against Australia across formats - the most by any non-wicketkeeper against Australia, considering all three formats.
Most catches against one opposition by non-wicketkeepers (Test+ODI+T20I)
| Player |
Opposition |
Matches |
Catches |
| Steve Smith |
England |
85 |
76 |
| Mahela Jayawardena |
England |
75 |
72 |
| Allan Border |
England |
90 |
71 |
| Virat Kohli |
Australia |
100 |
70 |
| Mahela Jayawardena |
Pakistan |
103 |
68 |
| Mark Waugh |
West Indies |
75 |
68 |
| Greg Chappell |
England |
55 |
67 |
| Viv Richards |
India |
59 |
65 |
| Allan Border |
New Zealand |
75 |
64 |
| Rahul Dravid |
Australia |
65 |
63 |
Virat is fourth on the overall list. The former Australia captain Steve Smith is on the top of the list with 76 catches against England. Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardena is second on the list with 72 catches against England. Allan Border is third with 71 catches against his Ashes rival England.
Virat needs one more catch to equal Border and two more to surpass him.
Australia's Playing XI:
Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Bench: Beau Webster, Josh Inglis, Brendan Doggett, Sean Abbott
Support Staff: Andrew McDonald, Andre Borovec, Daniel Vettori, Michael Di Venuto, Clint McKay
India Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
Bench: Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana
Support Staff: Gautam Gambhir, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan ten Doeschate, T Dilip, Morne Morkel
