In the Qualifier-2 match of IPL 2022, Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fast bowler Mohammad Siraj had a desired record. At the same time, former Bangalore captain Virat Kohli made a place in the special club of Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina. Apart from this, an unwanted record also happened in his name. Rajasthan team reached the final after winning the match by 7 wickets.
Sanju Samson was dismissed by Hasranga – Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson was dismissed by Vanindu Hasaranga. With this, the name of this right-handed batsman got an unwanted record. Hasaranga dismissed him for the third time in the same season. This is the 11th time in IPL history when a bowler has dismissed a batsman thrice in the same season.
Siraj gave a lot of sixes- Royal Challengers Bangalore star Mohammad Siraj made the unwanted record of giving the most number of sixes in the IPL season. Siraj overtakes Dwayne Bravo in this matter. The Caribbean bowler had given 29 sixes in 16 matches in the year 2018. Siraj hit 31 sixes in 15 matches in 2022.
Virat Kohli became the third Indian to take 150 catches in IPL – Virat Kohli has become the Indian player to take the most catches in IPL after Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma. Raina took 172 and Rohit took 155 catches. Kohli has taken 150 catches so far. Apart from this, Manish Pandey has taken 139 and Shikhar Dhawan has taken 130 catches.
Virat also had an unwanted record – Virat Kohli also made an unwanted record after being dismissed for 8 runs in the match against Rajasthan. He joined the list of RCB batsmen to be dismissed for the most number of single digit scores in a season. At the top of this list is Praveen Kumar. In the year 2008, he could not touch the double figure 8 times. After this comes Robin Uthappa, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli. All three could not cross the double figure seven times in a season.
Record of taking most catches in a season- AB de Villiers holds the record for taking most catches in a season. He took 19 catches in the year 2016. It is followed by Riyan Parag’s number. He has taken 16 catches so far in the year 2022. Kieron Pollard took 15 catches in the year 2017 and is at number three.