When India square off against hosts South Africa in the third and final T20 International at Newlands in Cape Town, former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have his eyes set on a milestone. MSD could well become the first wicketkeeper to complete 50 catches in T20Is. The Indian wicketkeeper currently has 49 catches against his name from 88 matches. Interestingly, West Indies’ Dinesh Ramdin is second on the list but is way behind Dhoni. The Windies keeper has 32 catches.

Apart from most catches, Dhoni has a chance to narrow the gap between him Kamran Akmal in the stumping column. The out of favour Pakistan wicketkeeper has 32 stumpings in his kitty and apparently leads the list in game’s shortest format. Dhoni needs four stumping to go past Akmal.

However, when it comes to overall dismissals in T20Is, Dhoni is head and shoulders above the rest. The World T20 winning captain has affected 78 dismissals thus far and is followed by Akmal with 60 at number two. Afghanistan’s Mohammad Shahzad takes the third spot with 52 dismissals.

Most Dismissals in T20Is

Player Mat Inns Dis Ct St
MS Dhoni (IND) 88 87 78 49 29
Kamran Akmal (PAK) 58 53 60 28 32
Mohammad Shahzad (AFG) 60 59 52 25 27
Dinesh Ramdin (WI) 58 58 51 32 19
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) 63 57 47 22 25
Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 56 56 45 25 20
Quinton de Kock (SA) 31 31 39 30 9
Brendon McCullum (NZ) 71 42 32 24 8
Luke Ronchi (AUS/NZ) 32 32 29 24 5
AB de Villiers (SA) 78 26 28 21 7

Most Catches in a T20I Match

Player Dis Ct St Inns Opp Ground Date
Adam Gilchrist 4 4 0 2 ZIM Cape Town 12 Sep 2007
Matt Prior 4 4 0 1 SA Cape Town 16 Sep 2007
Adam Gilchrist 4 4 0 2 NZ Perth 11 Dec 2007
MS Dhoni 4 4 0 1 AFG Gros Islet 1 May 2010
AB de Villiers 4 4 0 1 ZIM Hambantota 20 Sep 2012
MS Dhoni 4 4 0 1 PAK Colombo (RPS) 30 Sep 2012
Wesley Barresi 4 4 0 2 KEN ICCA Dubai 23 Nov 2013
Kamran Akmal 3 3 0 1 ENG Bristol 28 Aug 2006
AB de Villiers 3 3 0 1 PAK Johannesburg 2 Feb 2007
M Boucher 3 3 0 1 WI Johannesburg 11 Sep 2007

Dhoni also is amongst the keepers who have taken most number of catches in a match. The Indian keeper is joint-first with Adam Gilchrist, Matt Prior, AB de Villiers and Wesley Barresi. All these have pouched four catches during a T20I match. Out of these, Gilchrist and Dhoni have twice taken four catches in a match. Interestingly, Dhoni achieved the feats during ICC World T20 2010 and 2012 against Afghanistan and Pakistan respectively. However, Dhoni has never affected more than two stumpings in his T20I career.

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