5 wicket-keepers MS Dhoni kept out of the Indian Team

#1 Wriddhiman Saha

The best Indian wicket-keeper at the moment.

Highly lauded by the experts and critics for his amazing acrobats and skills with the gloves, Saha was probably the least known among the Indian audience as he waited for his turn.

This was mainly because of his not-so-extravagant batting. Nevertheless, he did enjoy a much better Test career than his 'out-of-the-team-because-of-MSD' colleagues.

Sidelined because of Captain Cool's dominance early on, Saha received a surprise Test call-up in 2010 for a home series against the South Africans. The wicket-keeper debuted in that series and showed resilience, but was back to warming the benches thereafter and was a regular reserve-keeper for the Indian team.

Mediocre seasons followed him but his exploits in the IPL final in 2014, where the Bengal keeper, playing for Kings XI Punjab, became the first Indian to score a century in the IPL final, brought him into the limelight on the limited-overs front. He continued to impress the selectors with his skilful wicket-keeping.

In December 2014 when MS Dhoni announced a surprise Test retirement during the Australian tour, Saha was handed his role and has been the constant behind the wickets for the Indian Test team ever since. He has played some valuable knocks in his young 32-Test career till now and continues to be India's first choice keeper.

Unfortunately, 2018 has been an injury-laden year for him and is currently out of the squad as India prepares for their Australian Test series.

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ODI Stats: Debut: 2010 vs NZ || Matches: 09 || Runs: 41.

IPL Stats: Matches: 115 || Runs: 1679.

TEST Stats: Debut: 2010 vs SA || Matches: 32 || Runs: 1164 || 100s: 3.