One Day Internationals (ODIs) only last one inning per team and have a cap of 50 overs per inning (although in the past, it was 55 or 60 overs). Because ODI games are a subset of List A cricket, records, and statistics for both List A and ODIs are kept. In January 1971, after over 4,000 ODIs had been played by 28 sides, England and Australia played the first game officially recognized as an ODI.
The frequency of matches has progressively increased, partly because of the rise in the number of ODI-playing nations and partly because the cricket boards of those countries have been trying to maximize their revenue with the growth of cricket since the Packer Revolution. India played its 1,000th ODI match in February 2022, becoming the first team to do so as part of their home series against the West Indies.
The following table showcases the most catches collected in individual wicketkeeping records:
| Rank | Catches | Innings | Player | Team | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 417 | 281 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 1996–2008 |
| 2 | 402 | 290 | Mark Boucher | South Africa | 1998–2011 |
| 3 | 383 | 353 | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 2000–2015 |
| 4 | 321 | 345 | MS Dhoni | India | 2004–2019 |
| 5 | 227 | 183 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 2002–2016 |
Adam Gilchrist
The primary responsibility of a wicketkeeper-batsman was keeping the wicket, and any runs the gloveman scored were considered extras. When Adam Gilchrist arrived and completely transformed the job, everything changed. He was a brilliant keeper against pace and spun and a dasher of a batter who could crush the finest bowlers. Australia saw him as a genuine all-rounder because of his effectiveness. While “Gilly” used to cause havoc in the lower middle order at number seven in Test matches, in ODIs, he began the innings to exploit the fielding constraints fully. He established an explosive opening tandem with Matthew Hayden, frequently getting Australia off to rousing beginnings.
Mark Boucher
The “Most Catches by a Wicket Keeper” record in ODI matches belongs to Australian Adam Gilchrist. The most of any wicketkeeper, he has participated in 287 games and taken 417 catches. Mark Boucher, the next successful African wicketkeeper in the sport’s history, has 402 catches.
Sangakkara
Behind MS Dhoni, Sangakkara ranks second among wicketkeepers with the most dismissals through stumping, with 99 in his ODI career. Sangakkara also recorded 383 catches, totaling 404 games to 482. The legendary Lankan player had a 1.365 dismissal rate in ODIs.
MS Dhoni
Let’s examine MS Dhoni‘s 47 career records in detail. An Indian wicketkeeper’s record for most dismissals was Test cricket was 294 (256 catches, 38 stumpings). The only Indian wicketkeeper with 256 catches in Test cricket, exceeding 200 catches for the entire season, with all of them coming while he was behind the stumps, this was MS Dhoni’s 300th catch in his ODI career. As a result, Dhoni became the fourth person to bag 300 catches in the ODI format.
Brendon McCullum
Behind the stumps in their ODI careers, Brendon McCullum and Moin Khan have taken over 200 catches. The Indian player with the second-highest number of catches in this format is Rahul Dravid. In ODI matches, this former Indian captain had 196 catches, including 72 as a keeper.
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