IPL 2026: Hitman Rohit Sharma’s historic century, former Mumbai captain comes very close to Virat Kohli

News India Live, Digital Desk: Indian captain Rohit Sharma has achieved another big milestone in the exciting season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. Rohit, popularly known as ‘Hitman’, has scored such a ‘special century’ in IPL history, reaching close to which is a dream for any batsman in the world. With this achievement, Rohit has now joined that elite club where only Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsman Virat Kohli is ahead of him. Rohit Sharma’s ‘Special 100’: Record made in taking catches. Rohit Sharma has made countless records in batting, but this time he has created history through his fielding. Rohit has completed 100 catches as a fielder in IPL. He has joined the list of select players in IPL history to take 100 or more catches. His agility and safe hands at slip or boundary have helped Mumbai Indians (or whichever team he played for) win on many important occasions. Virat Kohli still remains at number-1. Currently, the record of taking most catches in IPL is in the name of Virat Kohli. Virat has topped this list on the basis of his excellent fitness and fielding. Rohit Sharma has now come very close to this record of Virat and the way he is looking this season, this distance can reduce even further. After these two greats, come the names of players like Suresh Raina, who has now retired from IPL. Rohit’s dominance in batting also continues. Apart from the record of catches, Rohit Sharma is also proving to be a threat to the opposing teams with his bat in IPL 2026. His aggressive batting in the powerplay has once again proved that age is just a number for him. His fans hope that he will play an important role in making his team champion once again this season with his captaincy experience and batting class.