Vignesh Puthur Creates History, Becomes 1st Cricketer In The World To...

24-year-old spinner Vignesh Puthur made his List A debut for Kerala on Wednesday (December 24) in Ahmedabad during their Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group A match against Tripura. In the fixture that Kerala won by 145 runs, Puthur entered his name in the history books. The former Mumbai Indians star, who will represent Rajasthan Royals in the 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League after joining them for Rs 30 lakh in the IPL 2026 auction held in Abu Dhabi on December 16, became the first cricketer in the world on Wednesday to take six catches in a List A match.

Puthur, who hails from Mallapuram in Kerala, completed six catches as a fielder (non-wicketkeeper), which includes one of his own bowling.

The previous record of taking the most catches

in a List A match was in the name of legendary South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes. Rhodes completed five catches while playing for South Africa against the West Indies at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on November 14, 1993.

On May 29, 2025, England’s Harry Brook also took five catches as a fielder against the West Indies during an ODI match played in Birmingham.

In the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Arien Sangma also took five catches as an outfielder for Meghalaya on January 3, 2025, in Mumbai against Sikkim.

Most catches as a fielder (non WK) in one List A match

PLAYER	COUNTRY	TEAM	CATCHES	AGAINST	VENUE	DATE
Vignesh Puthur	India	Kerala	6	Tripura	Ahmedabad	December 24, 2025
Jonty Rhodes	South Africa	South Africa	5	West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	November 14, 1993
Brad Young	Australia	South Australia	5	Tasmania	Launceston	January 6, 2002
Peter Handscomb	Australia	Victoria	5	Queensland	Mackay	October 19, 2023
Arien Sangma	India	Meghalaya	5	Sikkim	Mumbai	January 3, 2025
Harry Brook	England	England	5	West Indies	Birmingham	May 29, 2025

Puthur, who didn’t get a chance to bat for Kerala on Wednesday, completed the first catch off his own bowling. On the third ball of the 11th over of Tripura’s innings, he caught and bowled their opening batter, Udiyan Bose (29 from 27 balls). After taking only one catch in the first wickets of Tripura, Puthur turned the game by taking the last five catches in less than seven overs.

He took the catches of Swapnil Singh, Saurabh Das, Abhijit Sarkar and Viki Saha off Baba Aparajith’s bowling, whereas when he completed Sridam Paul’s catch, the bowler was Ankit Kumar.