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Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in Tests: Rishabh Pant breaks MS Dhoni’s record in IND vs SA Centurion Test

Gurpreet Singh
|PublishedDec 28, 2021

Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in Tests: Rishabh Pant breaks MS Dhoni's record in IND vs SA Centurion Test

Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in Tests: Rishabh Pant reaches milestone of 100 Test dismissals during Boxing Day Test match at Centurion.

During the third day of the ongoing India versus South Africa first Test match at SuperSport Park in Centurion, India’s wicketkeeper- batter Rishabh Pant has reached a rare milestone by becoming the fastest Indian wicketkeeper (men) to reach 100 Test dismissals.

It happened in the 47th Over of the South African innings, when Pant took a regulation catch off Mohammad Shami to get rid of the set Temba Bavuma (52), to add to the woes of the home side.

With this catch, it took the 24-year-old to reach the milestone in just his 26th Test match and has, in the process eclipsed former India captain MS Dhoni by becoming the fastest wicketkeeper to achieve the feat.

Dhoni had scalped his 100th Test dismissal from behind the stumps in his 36th Test match for India.

Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in Tests

Before this, the record (for quickest 100 dismissals in Tests for India) was jointly held by MS Dhoni and Wriddhiman Saha who had achieved the feat in 36 Tests each in Indian colours. Kiran More (39 Tests), Nayan Mongia (41 Tests), and Syed Kirmani (42 Tests) are the next three wicketkeeper-batters to follow in the list.

As far as the all-time list of most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in Tests are concerned, the former Proteas wicketkeeper Mark Boucher tops the chart with 555 dismissals in 147 Tests for South Africa.

Below him are Australia’s Adam Gilchrist (416 dismissals in 96 Tests), Ian Healy (395 dismissals in 119 Tests), Rod Marsh (355 dismissals in 96 Tests), and India’s MS Dhoni (294 dismissals in 90 Tests).

List of most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in Tests (top 10)

Position	Player	Country	Matches	Innings	Dismissals	Catches	Stumping
1	Mark Boucher	South Africa	147	281	555	532	23
2	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	96	191	416	379	37
3	Ian Healy	Australia	119	224	395	366	29
4	RW Marsh	Australia	96	182	355	343	12
5	MS Dhoni	India	90	166	294	256	38
6	Brad Haddin	Australia	66	128	270	262	8
7	Peter Dujon	West Indies	81	150	270	265	5
8	APE Knott	England	95	174	269	250	19
9	Bradley-John Watling	New Zealand	75	127	265	257	8
10	Matt Prior	England	79	146	256	243	13

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.