Rinku Singh was on fire for Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2026 match, which was played against Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday (April 26). In the must-win match for the Ajinkya Rahane-led side, Rinku first played an unbeaten knock of 83 runs from 51 balls and then took four catches as well in addition to taking one more in the Super Over. The four catches by Rinku on Sunday in Lucknow helped him enter his name in the record books. The 28-year-old cricketer from Aligarh, who was retained for Rs 14 crore by KKR ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, is the first player in the world to take four or more catches in an IPL match on multiple occasions.
Before taking four catches for KKR against LSG on April 26, Rinku also completed four catches for KKR in their
IPL 2022 match against Gujarat Titans in Navi Mumbai on April 23.
In that fixture, he took catches of Hardik Pandya, Abhinav Manohar, Lockie Ferguson and Rahul Tewatia, and on Sunday, April 26, he completed catches of Aiden Markram, Mukul Choudhary, George Linde and Himmat Singh.
A total of 13 other players have taken at least four catches in an IPL match, but unlike Rinku, they have failed to repeat the feat twice.
Players to take 4 or more catches in IPL match
- Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders) – 2 (2022, 2026)
- Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians) – 1 (2008)
- David Warner (Delhi Capitals) – 1 (2010)
- Jacques Kallis (Kolkata Knight Riders) – 1 (2011)
- Rahul Tewatia (Delhi Capitals) – 1 (2019)
- David Miller (Punjab Kings) – 1 (2019)
- Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings) – 1 (2019)
- Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings) – 1 (2021)
- Mohammad Nabi (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 1 (2021)
- Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals) – 1 (2022)
- Tim David (Mumbai Indians) – 1 (2022)
- Daryl Mitchell (Chennai Super Kings) – 1 (2024)
- Rovman Powell (Rajasthan Royals) – 1 (2024)
- Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 1 (2025)
The record for taking most catches in an IPL match as a non-wicketkeeper is held by Mohammad Nabi. Nabi, while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL 2021 match against Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi, completed five catches on October 8.
On April 28, 2024, New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell (while playing for CSK against SRH in Chennai) equalled Nabi’s record of taking five catches in an IPL match by a non-wicketkeeper.
Sachin Tendulkar was the first fielder to take four catches in an IPL match. The former India captain achieved the feat for Mumbai Indians during their IPL 2010 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 16, 2008.
Players to take most catches in an IPL match
| PLAYER | TEAM | CATCHES | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Rinku Singh | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | Lucknow Super Giants | Lucknow | April 26, 2026 |
| Mohammad Nabi | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | Mumbai Indians | Abu Dhabi | October 8, 2021 |
| Darly Mitchell | Chennai Super Kings | 5 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Chennai | April 28, 2024 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Mumbai Indians | 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai (WS) | May 16, 2008 |
| David Warner | Delhi Capitals | 4 | Rajasthan Royals | Delhi | March 31, 2010 |
| Jacques Kallis | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | Deccan Chargers | Kolkata | April 11, 2011 |
| Rahul Tewatia | Delhi Capitals | 4 | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai (WS) | March 24, 2019 |
| David Miller | Punjab Kings | 4 | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai (WS) | April 10, 2019 |
| Faf du Plessis | Chennai Super Kings | 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 14, 2019 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Chennai Super Kings | 4 | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai (WS) | April 19, 2021 |
| Rinku Singh | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | Gujarat Titans | DY Patil | April 23, 2022 |
| Riyan Parag | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Pune | April 26, 2022 |
| Tim David | Mumbai Indians | 4 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad | April 18, 2023 |
| Rovman Powell | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | Ahmedabad | May 22, 2024 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | Chennai Super Kings | Chennai | April 25, 2025 |
| Rinku Singh | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | Lucknow Super Giants | Lucknow | April 26, 2026 |
For his super show with the bat and as a fielder for KKR on Sunday, Rinku won the Player Of The Match award. KKR’s win on Sunday was their second win in this year’s IPL. They are 8th in the points table now with 5 points from 8 matches played so far.
