Former West Indies captain and T20 legend, Kieron Pollard, became the first cricketer in the format to take 400 catches as he went on a fielding riot in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final for the Trinbago Knight Riders against the Guyana Amazon Warriors on Sunday, September 21 (local time) at the Providence. Pollard, one of the better fielders in the world, was at short leg, at long-off, at long-on and basically all around the field as the Warriors batters found him as many as four times in the summit clash.
Pollard needed to take three catches in the final to get to the landmark of 400 catches and the big man did it with the dismissal of Dwaine Pretorius, who mistimed it straight into the hands of the towering 38-year-old off the bowling of Saurabh Netravalkar, who was the pick of the bowlers. Wicketkeepers or fielders, Pollard is head and shoulders above anyone, with the person second on the list, David Miller, has 321 catches to his name.
Most catches in T20 cricket
401* - Kieron Pollard (2006-2025), in 708 innings
321 - David Miller (2008-2025), in 531 innings (1 catch as wk)
287 - Jos Buttler (2009-2025), in 465 innings (204 catches as wk)
286 - Quinton de Kock (2011-2025), in 404 innings (268 catches as wk)
275 - Dwayne Bravo (2006-2024), in 573 innings
It was a phenomenal bowling effort from the Knight Riders, restricting the Guyana Amazon Warriors to 130/8, with Netravalkar picking up three wickets. It was a slow Guyana wicket and the veteran Netravalkar used all his experience with the change of pace and wide yorkers not to let the Warriors batters off the hook.
Dwaine Pretorius and Romario Shepherd with late cameos helped the Warriors stretch the score to 130, because at one point it looked like they might fall short of even 120 after a slow start from the top-order.
While the Warriors' bowlers also triggered a collapse with the ball, the Knight Riders were always in the chase owing to another Pollard special.
