ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Fielding Records and Statistics: Most Dismissals by Wicketkeeper

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) is in charge of organizing the ODI matches, which have been held every four years since the first Cricket World Cup in England. Since then, more teams and games have been played, while the ICC has expressed interest in changing the format in response to complaints over the 2007 World Cup.

In the game of cricket, fielding refers to the action of fielders in which they gather the ball after it has been struck by the striking batter in order to reduce the number of runs scored by the striker and/or to get a batter out by either catching a hit ball before it bounces or by running out batter before they can finish the run, they are currently attempting. Several recognised fielding positions exist, and they can be grouped into the leg and offside sides of the field. Another aspect of fielding is stopping the ball from reaching or crossing the field’s edge (which would result in runs being scored by the batting team in the form of a boundary). However, when the opposition team ends a batter’s innings, it is known as a dismissal in cricket.

The list of fielders with maximum dismissals consists of the following names: 

• Kumar Sangakkara: The player to be leading this list is Kumar Sangakkara from team Sri Lanka. Based on reports, this player holds a record of 54 dismissals to his name. However, he has successfully registered 41 catches in nearly 37 matches in the span of 2003-2015. In his 15-year international cricket career, Sangakkara amassed 28,016 runs in all formats. He was the second-highest run scorer in ODI cricket (behind only Sachin Tendulkar) and the sixth-highest run scorer in Test cricket at the time of his retirement.
• Adam Gilchrist: Before being overtaken by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015, Gilchrist held the global record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in One Day International (ODI) cricket and the most by an Australian in Test cricket. He is recognised as one of the best wicketkeeper-batsmen in the annals of the sport. Adam Gilchrist is said to make around 52 dismissals to his name between 1999-2007. 
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni: The most popular and one of the favourite captains of team India is said to follow this list. Overall, this former Indian captain is said to have registered 42 dismissals to his name. Also, this player could be witnessed picking up 34 catches in 29 matches between 2007-2019. India won the most championships of any team during his captaincy, including the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, and the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. He is regarded as one of the top finishers in the game and has over 10,000 runs scored in One Day Internationals. 
• Brendon McCullum: Brendon McCullum is a former cricketer of New Zealand who has 32 dismissals to his name between 2003 and 2015, according to reports. On February 18, 2014, against India, he scored 302 runs to become the first player from New Zealand to ever record a triple hundred in a Test. He was the first New Zealander to score 1000 test runs in a calendar year in 2014 as well (1164).

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This table comprises all of the information in a detailed manner: 

Here are some of those fielders in the context of any batter’s innings being cut short because of the opposing teams. As a whole, the contributions of fielders are considered equally important to make the cricket world cup competitions a grand success.

Also Read: ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup: Other Records for Most World Cup Titles (sportsdigest.in)

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