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 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 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 | KL Rahul | 2014–present | 50 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 36 | Naman Ojha | 2015–2015 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | Rishabh Pant | 2018–present | 38 | 124 | 15 | 139 |
| 38 | Kona Srikar Bharat | 2023–present | 7 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 39 | Ishan Kishan | 2023–present | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 40 | Dhruv Jurel | 2024–present | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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