Melbourne: Rishabh Pant became the Indian wicket-keeper with most dismissals in a Test series. Pant achieved the incredible feat during the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Sunday, December 29, 2024.
Pant broke his own record for 20 dismissals set in the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series where he participated in four matches. He now has 23 dismissals to his name so far in the series. All 23 dismissals have come in the form of catches with a ratio of 2.875 dismissals per innings. He can add more numbers to his tally with at least one more game remaining in the series.
A mix up in the middle and Rishabh Pant with the perfect throw as Mitchell Starc is run-out.
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 29, 2024
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Former India cricketers Naren Tamhane and Syed Kirmani jointly held third place with 19 dismissals in the 1954-55 and 1979-80 India vs Pakistan Test series respectively.
Apart from this, Rishabh Pant also rose one step further in the with most dismissals across formats for India list and achieved the third spot, beating Syed Kirmani's tally of 234 dismissals. Legendary India wicket-keeper and captain MS Dhoni leads the list with with whopping 823 dismissals that include 631 catches and 192 stumpings, followed by Nayan Mongia, who holds the second spot with 261 dismissals (209 catches and 52 dismissals).
Most dismissals for India in Tests
| Player | Span | Matches | Innings | Dismissals | Caught | Stumpings | Max Dis Inns | Dis/Inn |
| MS Dhoni | 2005-2014 | 90 | 166 | 294 | 256 | 38 | 6 (6ct 0st) | 1.771 |
| SMH Kirmani | 1976-1986 | 88 | 151 | 198 | 160 | 38 | 6 (5ct 1st) | 1.311 |
| RR Pant | 2018-2024 | 42* | 83 | 162 | 147 | 15 | 6 (6ct 0st) | 1.951 |
| KS More | 1986-1993 | 49 | 90 | 130 | 110 | 20 | 5 (0ct 5st) | 1.444 |
| NR Mongia | 1994-2001 | 44 | 77 | 107 | 99 | 8 | 5 (5ct 0st) | 1.389 |
