Rohit Sharma's amazing feat at the age of 39, becomes the Indian with most catches in ODI in 2026

New Delhi: Indian cricket team's experienced batsman Rohit Sharma has once again impressed everyone with his excellent fielding. Even at the age of 39, his agility and agility on the field remains intact. In the fourth ODI against New Zealand, Rohit took an excellent catch of Finn Allen. With this catch, his name took a total of 12 catches in ODI cricket in 2026 and he became the player who took the most catches from India this year.

In the fourth ODI against New Zealand, Rohit Sharma played an important role in dismissing Finn Allen off the bowling of Axar Patel. Allen tried to play a shot towards covers on the second ball of the 31st over, but Rohit took the catch by diving to his right. With this catch, he increased his number of catches to 12 in 2026 and left KL Rahul behind.

Rohit is on top with 12 catches, Rahul is at second place.

In the list of Indian players who have taken the most catches in ODI cricket in 2026, Rohit Sharma is at the first place with 12 catches. KL Rahul is at second place with 11 catches, while Shreyas Iyer and Naman Dheer are jointly at third place with 6 catches each. Whereas Virat Kohli and Ishan Kishan have taken 5 catches each. Gurnoor Brar is included in this list with 4 catches.

Indian team's experienced batsman Virat Kohli also maintains his place in this list. He has taken 5 catches so far in 2026. Whereas Shreyas Iyer is jointly at third place with 6 catches. Young player Naman Dheer has also registered his presence in this list by taking 6 catches.

Will Young's easy catch was missed by Rohit

Another aspect of Rohit Sharma's fielding was also seen in the fourth ODI. He missed an easy catch of Will Young in the second over of the match. At that time Young was batting on just 5 runs. Later he took advantage of this gift of life and played a brilliant inning of 125 runs. However, after this, Rohit made a brilliant comeback by taking the catch of Finn Allen.

Agility remains intact even at the age of 39

This performance of Rohit Sharma shows that despite increasing age, his activity and agility on the field remains intact. Along with batting, his contribution in fielding is also important for the Indian team. Reaching the top with 12 catches in 2026 is a testament to his stellar performance.

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