List of India Twenty20 International wicket-keepers

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This is a chronological list of wicket-keepers who have played for India in Twenty20 International (T20I) matches since the team's first match on 1 December 2006, against South Africa. [1] The wicket-keeper in that match was MS Dhoni, who holds the record for most dismissals, stumpings and catches in T20Is as a wicket-keeper. [2] [3] [4]

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This list only includes players who have played as the designated keeper for a match. [5] On occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or the keeper bowling.

Cap [6] Player [notes 1] Span† [notes 2] MatchesInningsCatchesStumpingsTotalRef
2 MS Dhoni 2006–20199898471966 [7]
4 Dinesh Karthik 2006–2022319639 [8]
14 Robin Uthappa 2007–2015132101 [9]
32 Naman Ojha 201022000 [10]
37 Parthiv Patel 201121101 [11]
55 Sanju Samson 2015–2022103022 [12]
63 KL Rahul 2016–2022498415 [13]
68 Rishabh Pant 2017–202233217512 [14]
84 Ishan Kishan 2021–202231011 [15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Players are listed in the order of their T20 debut.
  2. ↑ Years given are the first and last in which the player has played T20 cricket for India; the player did not necessarily play or keep wicket in the intervening years.

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References

  1. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20, 2007/08–Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "T20I Records – Most wicket-keeper dismissals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "T20I Records – Most wicket-keeper catches". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ "T20I Records – Most wicket-keeper stumpings". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ↑ "Wicketkeepers who played for India in Twenty20 format". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ↑ "List of India T20I Cricketers by Cap Number". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ↑ "MS Dhoni". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ↑ "Dinesh Karthik". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ↑ "Robin Uthappa". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ↑ "Naman Ojha". ESPNcricinfo.
  11. ↑ "Parthiv Patel". ESPNcricinfo.
  12. ↑ "Sanju Samson". ESPNcricinfo.
  13. ↑ "KL Rahul". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. ↑ "Rishabh Pant". ESPNcricinfo.
  15. ↑ "Ishan Kishan". ESPNcricinfo.
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