Top 10 Best wicketkeepers with most dismissals in career

Top 10 Best wicketkeepers with most dismissals in career

To play professional cricket on regular basis for a side, one has to be a genuine batsman or bowler so the side can take full advantage of his abilities. However another department of the game that does not hassle you to be a specialist batsman, for a permanent place in the team is wicket keeping. Being one of the best wicketkeepers in cricket, most of the times, automatically guarantees a permanent place in the team. Although there has been a single or two events in which teams even played without a wicket keeper but that is practically very rare and impossible at international levels.

Wicket keeping like any other department of the game is one of the most crucial area of concern in cricket. Cricketing trend has changed a lot in recent years and so has the selectors approach. Now teams are searching for players offering two in one services for the side. A specialist batsman would most probably get neglected now a day for an all-rounder coming handy with his bowling as well. To be honest, being one of the best wicketkeepers alone does not necessarily guarantee a permanent place in the team now. However that is not the case in all situations. Best wicketkeepers in the world have their own unique reputation in cricket team that a rookie cannot cope with. History has witnessed many legendary cricketers getting their names brightened mainly because of their performances behind the stumps.

Wicket keeping being one of the most demanding job in a cricket side requires a lot of courage and physical force to get perfected. A wicketkeeper unlike all other fielders out there, needs to move with every single delivery bowled during a game thus being a tough job to be done. The reason specialist wicketkeepers in cricket world have less chances of getting dropped from teams is only because teams do not have their alternates. Usually wicketkeepers are some of the finest batsmen as well. Apart from a few exceptions, most of the best wicketkeepers in the world have went on to become some of the greatest batsmen ever in cricket history. Mark Boucher, Adam Gilchrist, MS Dhoni, Kumar Sangakkara and AB de Villiers are a few modern day cricketers who have a great reputation for both their wicket keeping and batting. These and many other alike best wicketkeepers in the world are equally lethal on the crease and behind the stumps thus making a double impact on a certain game. 10 Best wicketkeepers with most dismissals in career (all three formats) are as under.

Top 10 Best wicketkeepers with most dismissals in career

Name	Matches	Stumping	Catches	Total dismissals
Mark Boucher	467	46	952	998
Adam Gilchrist	396	92	813	905
MS Dhoni	433	148	552	700
Kumar Sangakkara	594	139	539	678
IA Healy	287	68	560	628
RW Marsh	188	16	463	479
BJ Haddin	226	25	449	474
Jeff Dujon	250	26	448	474
Kamran Akmal	261	85	368	453
BB McCullum	432	34	419	453

Wicketkeepers with most dismissals in career

1. Mark Boucher
2. Adam Gilchrist
3. MS Dhoni
4. Kumar Sangakkara
5. IA Healy
6. RW Marsh
7. BJ Haddin
8. Jeff Dujon
9. Kamran Akmal
10. BB McCullum