Dhoni sets standards in Indian Wicket keeping

November 07, 2011 10:52
Dhoni sets standards in Indian Wicket keeping

India’s Captain and versatile wicket keeper had reached a milestone of his life when he surpassed his predecessor Syed Kirmani for claiming the maximum number of victims by an Indian Wicket Keeper. He reached this stupendous task when he caught Marlon Samuels off Ravichandran Ashwin, in the first Test match against the touring West Indies, at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground, Delhi on Sunday.

Dhoni's 200 dismissals include 174 caught behinds and 26 stumping. 117 Number of dismissals claimed by MS Dhoni as a captain in 32 Tests. Till date he has taken 105 catches and effecting 12 stumping.  Apart from Dhoni and Kirmani, only two other Indian wicketkeepers --Kiran More (130, 49 Tests) and Nayan Mongia (107, 44 Tests) have completed 100 Test dismissals. Dhoni is 13th in the overall list of wicketkeepers with most dismissals. South Africa's Mark Boucher heads the chart with 521 dismissals in 139 Tests, followed by Adam Gilchrist (416 in 96 Tests) and Ian Healy (395 in 119 Tests).

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