This is a chronological list of India Test wicket-keepers . [1]
This list only includes players who have played as the designated keeper for a match. On occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or the keeper bowling.
Test Match Career
| No. | Player | Test career | Tests | Catches | Stumpings | Total dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janardan Navle | 1932–1933 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Dilawar Hussain | 1934–1936 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Dattaram Hindlekar | 1936–1946 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Khershed Meherhomji | 1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Jenni Irani | 1947 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Khokhan Sen | 1948–1952 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Nana Joshi | 1951–1960 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| 8 | Madhav Mantri | 1951–1952 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Vijay Rajindernath | 1952 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Ebrahim Maka | 1952–1953 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Vijay Manjrekar | 1953 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Naren Tamhane | 1955–1961 | 21 | 35 | 16 | 51 |
| 13 | Chandrakant Patankar | 1955–1956 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Budhi Kunderan | 1960–1967 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 28 |
| 15 | Farokh Engineer | 1961–1975 | 46 | 66 | 16 | 82 |
| 16 | Prince Indrajitsinhji | 1964–1969 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 17 | Pochiah Krishnamurthy | 1971 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 18 | Syed Kirmani | 1976–1986 | 88 | 160 | 38 | 198 |
| 19 | Bharath Reddy | 1979 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 20 | Sadanand Viswanath | 1985 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 21 | Kiran More | 1986–1993 | 49 | 110 | 20 | 130 |
| 22 | Chandrakant Pandit | 1986–1992 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 23 | Vijay Yadav | 1993 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Nayan Mongia | 1994–2001 | 44 | 99 | 8 | 107 |
| 25 | Mannava Prasad | 1999–2000 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 26 | Saba Karim | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Vijay Dahiya | 2000 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 28 | Sameer Dighe | 2001 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 29 | Deep Dasgupta | 2001–2002 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 30 | Ajay Ratra | 2002 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 31 | Parthiv Patel | 2002–2018 | 25 | 62 | 10 | 72 |
| 32 | Dinesh Karthik | 2004–2018 | 19 | 51 | 6 | 57 |
| 33 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2005–2019 | 90 | 256 | 38 | 294 |
| 34 | Wriddhiman Saha | 2012–2021 | 40 | 92 | 12 | 104 |
| 35 | Rishabh Pant | 2018–present | 30 | 107 | 11 | 118 |
| 36 | Kona Srikar Bharat | 2023–present | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | KL Rahul | 2022–present | ||||
| 38 | Dhruv Jurel | 2024-present | ||||
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The role of the keeper is governed by Law 27 and of the Laws of Cricket.
In cricket, a dismissal occurs when a batter's innings is brought to an end by the opposing team. Other terms used are the batter being out, the batting side losing a wicket, and the fielding side taking a wicket. The ball becomes dead, and the dismissed batter must leave the field of play for the rest of their team's innings, to be replaced by a team-mate. A team's innings ends if ten of the eleven team members are dismissed. Players bat in pairs so, when only one batter remains who can be not out, it is not possible for the team to bat any longer. This is known as dismissing or bowling out the batting team, who are said to be all out.
Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket. A batsman is out caught if the batsman hits the ball, from a legitimate delivery, with the bat, and the ball is caught by the bowler or a fielder before it hits the ground.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian professional cricketer. He is a right handed batter and a wicket-keeper. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific wicket-keeper-batsmen and captains, he represented the Indian cricket team and was the captain of the side in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Dhoni has captained the most international matches and is the most successful Indian captain. He has led India to victory in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, the only captain to win three different limited overs tournaments. He also led the teams that won the Asia Cup in 2010, 2016 and was a member of the title winning squad in 2018.
Wriddhiman Saha is an Indian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team. He is a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. He is the current first class captain of Tripura Cricket Team in domestic cricket and wicket keeper for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. He was the first cricketer to score a century in an Indian Premier League final. He is considered as one of the finest wicketkeeper India has ever produced.
