10 Greatest IPL Catches of All Time Ranked With Moments

Some of the IPL's most memorable moments are not sixes or hundreds but catches: a fielder at deep midwicket flinging the ball up just before the rope, another running a full fifteen metres along the boundary, a wicketkeeper flying across for a one-handed screamer. Here are the ten greatest IPL catches of all time, ranked by a mix of difficulty, match importance and sheer shock value.

1. Suryakumar Yadav at the boundary vs Gujarat Titans

Suryakumar's running backpedal and one-handed take at long on off David Miller in the IPL 2024 final chase is the current gold standard. He caught the ball inside the rope, stepped out to stay inbounds, flicked it back up, stepped back in and completed the catch cleanly. It came at a pivotal moment in the final and is one of the most discussed catches in IPL history.

2. Kieron Pollard's running diving grab vs KKR

Pollard built the modern IPL template of a giant all-rounder who could patrol the rope. His full-stretch dive at long off to remove a well-set KKR batter early in the 2010s, on a TV highlight reel that still plays on every IPL anniversary, was a masterclass of trusting the body.

3. Ravindra Jadeja at deep midwicket, take-your-pick edition

Jadeja's archive is full of astonishing catches. The best of them tend to combine a high degree of difficulty with match-winning timing, such as one of his one-handed dives at the 30-yard circle that broke a CSK-favouring chase.

4. AB de Villiers' flying top-edge grab

De Villiers at RCB took boundary catches at a level of elasticity few players have matched. His best is a full-stretch horizontal leap at long on to catch an off-the-middle six attempt and end a partnership with minimum fuss. The video still draws gasps.

5. MS Dhoni's one-handed wicketkeeping grab

Dhoni's best catches behind the stumps are not about the diving ones but the ridiculous reflex grabs off top-edges and outside-edges. His fast-glovework diving one-hander down the leg side off Imran Tahir in a 2018 match remains a classic reference clip.

6. Glenn Maxwell's fingertip grab in the deep

Maxwell at Punjab Kings and RCB built an IPL boundary catching reputation across many seasons. His best is a two-handed drop-and-gather at deep midwicket on the rope, where he realised mid-stride that he would cross and so flung the ball up, ran back in, and completed the take.

7. Faf du Plessis' sliding grab for CSK vs KKR

Du Plessis has taken several boundary catches that went for awards across his IPL career. His best, a sliding take at long off from a Chris Lynn mishit, preserved a tense CSK win. The technique, sliding on one knee rather than diving, is now a coaching template.

8. Ravichandran Ashwin's flying grab off his own bowling

Ashwin has taken some remarkable return catches off his own bowling. The best was a flying right-hand take off a cross-batted pull that looked destined to clear straight.

9. Jonty-style effort by Jonty's South African successors

South African fielders have collectively built a library of remarkable IPL catches, from JP Duminy to Quinton de Kock to Heinrich Klaasen. The cleanest of these features is a textbook running forward grab from deep cover that removed a set batter during a final-over chase.

10. Hardik Pandya's reflex pickup and throw at mid off

Hardik Pandya's best defensive play is a pickup-and-dive from mid off that turned a clean single into a run-out. Hardik is also a brilliant reflex catcher, and his cleanest grab came at short cover off a full-blooded drive.

FAQ

Q: Who has taken the most catches in IPL history? A: Leading fielders by catches in IPL history include Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik and Rohit Sharma across long careers as outfielders or wicketkeepers.

Q: What makes a catch eligible for greatest of all time? A: Our ranking weighs degree of difficulty, match context and the iconic status of the highlight clip across the IPL community.

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