Most Dismissals in IPL

MS Dhoni leads the list of most dismissals by wicket keeper in IPL with 147 to his name.

Most dismissals by wicket keeper 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	200	147	108	39	CSK, RPS
2	Dinesh Karthik	175	135	105	30	DC*, GL, KXIP, KKR, MI, RCB
3	Robin Uthappa	120	90	58	32	KKR, MI, PWI, RCB
4	Parthiv Patel	122	82	66	16	CSK, DC^, KTK, MI, RCB, SRH
5	Naman Ojha	111	75	65	10	DC*, RR, SRH
6	Wriddhiman Saha	101	75	56	19	CSK, KXIP, KKR, SRH
7	Adam Gilchrist	80	67	51	16	DC^, KXIP
8	Rishabh Pant	51	51	40	11	DC*
9	Kumar Sangakkara	51	43	34	9	DC^, KXIP, SRH
10	Quinton de Kock	51	43	34	8	DC*, MI, RCB, SRH

*Last updated on 21st Oct 2020

* - Delhi Capitals/Delhi Daredevils

^ - Deccan Chargers

In a total of 183 innings as a wicket-keeper in IPL, Dhoni has taken 96 catches and has affected a record 38 stumpings. He has played 10 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 131 dismissals in 167 innings. He is the only player in IPL to take over 100 catches as a designated glove-man. His combined tally of 101 catches and 32 stumpings is 41 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 twelve seasons of IPL:

Most dismissals by fielder in IPL

Sr. No.	Fielder	Innings	Catches	Teams played for
1	Suresh Raina	192	102	CSK, GL
2	AB de Villiers	121	84	DC*, RCB
3	Rohit Sharma	189	83	DC^, MI
4	Kieron Pollard	149	82	MI
5	Dwayne Bravo	133	74	CSK, GL, MI
6	Virat Kohli	175	73	RCB
7	Shikhar Dhawan	160	68	DC^, DC*, MI, SRH
8	Manish Pandey	130	63	KKR, MI, PWI, RCB, SRH
9	Ravindra Jadeja	170	63	CSK, GL, KTK, RR
10	David Warner	125	54	DC*, SRH

*Last updated after IPL 2019

* - Delhi Daredevils/Delhi Capitals

^ - Deccan Chargers

Suresh Raina, fondly known as Mr IPL, is the only cricketer to take more than 100 catches in the IPL as a fielder. He has taken a total of 102 catches representing Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Lions (GL) with the major chunk of it for the former team. The next fielder in the list of most dismissals by fielder in IPL is AB de Villiers with 84 catches under his belt. He has played 71 innings lesser than Raina and has taken only 18 fewer catches. The other two fielders with more than 80 grabs as fielders are Rohit Sharma (83) and Kieron Pollard (82).

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 most catches in IPL?

Ans: Suresh Raina has 102 catches in the IPL, which is 18 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 132 dismissals (94 catches + 38 stumpings)

4. Who is best wicket keeper 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.

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