Dhoni Surpasses Kirmani

When MS Dhoni stumped West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite off Pragyan Ojha, it was his 199^thwicketkeeping dismissal in Tests. He thus overtook Syed Kirmani, who had held the Indian record of 198 dismissals.

Kirmani, who finished playing Tests in 1986, was the first Indian wicketkeeper to 100 Test dismissals, and he had owned the record for over three decades.

Later in the innings, Dhoni caught Marlon Samuels, making him the first Indian wicketkeeper to 200 dismissals.

Dhoni is the 13^th wicketkeeper to reach the mark. He would be expected to climb this list quickly given that most of these wicketkeepers here have retired.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	MV Boucher	SAF	139	265	521	499	22
2	AC Gilchrist	Aus	96	191	416	379	37
3	IA Healy	Aus	119	224	395	366	29
4	RW Marsh	Aus	96	182	355	343	12
5	PJL Dujon	Win	79	150	270	265	5
6	APE Knott	Eng	95	174	269	250	19
7	AJ Stewart	Eng	82	141	241	227	14
8	Wasim Bari	Pak	81	146	228	201	27
9	TG Evans	Eng	91	175	219	173	46
10	RD Jacobs	Win	65	122	219	207	12
11	Kamran Akmal	Pak	53	99	206	184	22
12	AC Parore	NZl	67	121	201	194	7
13	MS Dhoni	Ind	62	114	200	174	26

Dhoni is No. 9 among wicketkeepers with most Test stumpings. The list:

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	WAS Oldfield	Aus	54	101	130	78	52
2	TG Evans	Eng	91	175	219	173	46
3	SMH Kirmani	Ind	88	151	198	160	38
4	AC Gilchrist	Aus	96	191	416	379	37
5	IA Healy	Aus	119	224	395	366	29
6	Wasim Bari	Pal	81	146	228	201	27
7	HAPW Jayawardene	Srl	43	73	107	81	26
8	RS Kaluwitharana	Srl	48	85	119	93	26
9	MS Dhoni	Ind	61	113	200	174	26

The opponent-wise break-up of Dhoni's 200 dismissals:

Opposition	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
Australia	10	19	35	26	9
Bangladesh	3	6	15	12	3
England	12	22	40	37	3
New Zealand	5	10	22	19	3
Pakistan	5	9	10	9	1
South Africa	10	17	25	24	1
Sri Lanka	9	16	22	21	1
West Indies	8	15	31	26	5
Total	62	114	200	174	26

The top Indian wicketkeepers:

Player	Mat	Dis	Ct	St
MS Dhoni	62	200	174	26
S Kirmani	88	198	160	38
K More	49	130	110	20
N Mongia	44	107	99	8
F Engineer	46	82	66	16
N Tamhane	21	51	35	16
D Karthik	16	50	45	5
P Patel	20	49	41	8