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Top 10 Best wicketkeepers with most dismissals in career

By Sardar Muhammad Rowais

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.

best wicketkeepers in world Mark Boucher

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.

best wicketkeepers in world

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
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