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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Dhoni Surpasses Kirmani


When MS Dhoni stumped West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite off Pragyan Ojha, it was his 199thwicketkeeping dismissal in Tests. He thus overtook Syed Kirmani, who had held the Indian record of 198 dismissals.

Kirmani, who finished playing Tests in 1986, was the first Indian wicketkeeper to 100 Test dismissals, and he had owned the record for over three decades.

Later in the innings, Dhoni caught Marlon Samuels, making him the first Indian wicketkeeper to 200 dismissals.

Dhoni is the 13th wicketkeeper to reach the mark. He would be expected to climb this list quickly given that most of these wicketkeepers here have retired.

No
Player
Team
Mat
Inns
Dis
Ct
St
1
MV Boucher
SAF
139
265
521
499
22
2
AC Gilchrist
Aus
96
191
416
379
37
3
IA Healy
Aus
119
224
395
366
29
4
RW Marsh
Aus
96
182
355
343
12
5
PJL Dujon
Win
79
150
270
265
5
6
APE Knott
Eng
95
174
269
250
19
7
AJ Stewart
Eng
82
141
241
227
14
8
Wasim Bari
Pak
81
146
228
201
27
9
TG Evans
Eng
91
175
219
173
46
10
RD Jacobs
Win
65
122
219
207
12
11
Kamran Akmal
Pak
53
99
206
184
22
12
AC Parore
NZl
67
121
201
194
7
13
MS Dhoni
Ind
62
114
200
174
26


Dhoni is No. 9 among wicketkeepers with most Test stumpings. The list:

No
Player
Team
Mat
Inns
Dis
Ct
St
1
WAS Oldfield
Aus
54
101
130
78
52
2
TG Evans
Eng
91
175
219
173
46
3
SMH Kirmani
Ind
88
151
198
160
38
4
AC Gilchrist
Aus
96
191
416
379
37
5
IA Healy
Aus
119
224
395
366
29
6
Wasim Bari
Pal
81
146
228
201
27
7
HAPW Jayawardene
Srl
43
73
107
81
26
8
RS Kaluwitharana
Srl
48
85
119
93
26
9
MS Dhoni
Ind
61
113
200
174
26

The opponent-wise break-up of Dhoni's 200 dismissals:

Opposition
Mat
Inns
Dis
Ct
St
Australia
10
19
35
26
9
Bangladesh
3
6
15
12
3
England
12
22
40
37
3
New Zealand
5
10
22
19
3
Pakistan
5
9
10
9
1
South Africa
10
17
25
24
1
Sri Lanka
9
16
22
21
1
West Indies
8
15
31
26
5
Total
62
114
200
174
26

The top Indian wicketkeepers:

Player
Mat
Dis
Ct
St
MS Dhoni
62
200
174
26
S Kirmani
88
198
160
38
K More
49
130
110
20
N Mongia
44
107
99
8
F Engineer
46
82
66
16
N Tamhane
21
51
35
16
D Karthik
16
50
45
5
P Patel
20
49
41
8

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