Ind vs NZ: Ross Taylor missed the century but made a very special record which only a few veterans could do

In the third ODI between India and New Zealand, Kiwi player Ross Taylor missed his 21st ODI century with just seven runs. Taylor was dismissed on 93 runs in 106 balls, but he did something special in this match, which many great players could not do in their career. Taylor created this very special record during the Indian innings.

Ross Taylor has now become the player with the most number of catches for New Zealand. Not only this, the veteran has now moved to the fifth position in the list of the players with the most number of catches in international cricket.

While batting first for his team, Taylor scored 93 runs with the help of nine fours in the third one-day international match. Taylor may have missed the century, but during the Indian innings, he made a record which no other New Zealand player could do in the history of cricket.

In the 9th over of the Indian innings, the men in blue got the first blow in the way of Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan scored 28 runs before getting caught-out at the slips by Ross Taylor off Trent Boult. With this catch, the Blackcaps top-order batsman, Taylor, created history as he became the player with the most number of catches for New Zealand in ODI cricket. Taylor broke the record of former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming.

Let's now look at the players with the most number of catches in ODIs for New Zealand.

134 catches - Ross Taylor

133 catches - Stephen Fleming

96 Catch - Chris Harris

88 Catch - Daniel Vettori

83 catches- Nathan Astle

If we talk about the players with the most number of catches in the world in ODI cricket then, former Sri Lanka captain, Mahela Jayawardene, tops the list with 218 catches followed by greats like Ponting and Sachin.

218 catches - Mahela Jayawardene

160 Catch - Ricky Ponting

156 catches - M Azharuddin

140 catches - Sachin Tendulkar

134 catches - Ross Taylor