Most Dismissals in IPL

MS Dhoni leads the list of most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in IPL with 170 to his name.

Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in IPL

Here, we have a look at the list of wicket-keepers with most dismissals in the IPL:

Sr. No.	Wicket-keeper	Innings	Total Dismissals	Catches	Stumpings	Teams played for
1	MS Dhoni	227	170	131	39	CSK, RPS
2	Dinesh Karthik	211	157	124	33	DC*, GL, KXIP, KKR, MI, RCB
3	Wriddhiman Saha	122	94	72	22	CSK, KXIP, KKR, SRH
4	Robin Uthappa	114	90	58	32	KKR, MI, PWI, RCB
5	Parthiv Patel	122	81	65	16	CSK, DC^, KTK, MI, RCB, SRH
6	Rishabh Pant	88	79	61	18	DC*
7	Quinton de Kock	85	77	62	15	DC*, MI, RCB, SRH, LSG
8	Naman Ojha	111	75	65	10	DC^, RR, SRH
9	Adam Gilchrist	80	67	51	16	DC*, KXIP
10	Sanju Samson	77	61	49	12	DC*, RR

* - Delhi Capitals/Delhi Daredevils

^ - Deccan Chargers

In a total of 227 innings as a wicket-keeper in IPL, Dhoni has taken 131 catches and has affected a record 39 stumpings. He has played 13 seasons for the Chennai Super Kings and a couple of seasons for Rising Pune Supergiants.

The only other wicket-keeper with over 100 dismissals in the competition is just a step behind. Dinesh Karthik has 157 dismissals in 209 innings. He is the only player in IPL to take over 100 catches as a designated glove-man. His combined tally of 124 catches and 33 stumpings is 63 dismissals ahead of the next man on the list. However, Karthik has played for 6 different franchises over the years.

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Let’s have a look at who the fielders are with most dismissals in the fifteen seasons of IPL:

Most dismissals by fielder in IPL

Player	Span	Matches	Inns	Catches	Team
Suresh Raina	2008-2021	205	204	109	CSK, GL
Keiron Pollard	2010-2022	189	189	103	MI
Rohit Sharma	2008-2022	227	227	97	DC, MI
Virat Kohli	2008-2022	222	220	92	RCB
Shikhar Dhawan	2008-2022	206	206	92	DC, DD, MI, SRH
AB de Villiers	2008-2021	184	130	90	DD, RCB
Ravindra Jadeja	2008-2022	210	209	88	CSK, GL, KTK, RR
DJ Bravo	2008-2022	161	160	80	CSK, GL, MI
Manish Pandey	2008-2022	160	160	78	KKR, MI, PWI, RCB, SRH, LSG
David Warner	2009-2022	162	161	74	DD, SRH

Suresh Raina, fondly known as Mr. IPL, and Keiron Pollard are the only cricketer to take more than 100 catches in the IPL as a fielder. Raina has taken a total of 109 catches representing Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Lions (GL) with the major chunk of it for the former team and Keiron Pollard with 103 catches under his belt. He has played 16 matches lesser than Raina and has taken only 6 fewer catches. The other two fielders with more than 90 grabs as fielders are Rohit Sharma (97) and Virat Kohli (92).

FAQs

1. Who is the best fielder in IPL?

Ans: In the list of Top 10 fielders with most catches in IPL, AB de Villiers has the highest catches per innings ratio of 0.694 and thus can be considered as the best fielder in the IPL.

2. Who has the most no. of catches in IPL?

Ans: Suresh Raina has 109 catches in the IPL, which is 13 more than the next man in the list.

3. Which wicket-keeper holds the record for most dismissals in IPL?

Ans: MS Dhoni has an IPL record of 170 dismissals (131 catches + 39 stumpings)

4. Who was best the wicketkeeper in IPL 2019?

Ans: Rishabh Pant of Delhi Capitals recorded 24 dismissals in IPL 2019. He took 18 catches and affected stumpings) while no other wicket-keeper had even 20 dismissals.