In the list of top three best wicketkeepers in the world made by Adam Gilchrist, one is a former Australian wicketkeeper while the other two are former wicketkeepers of the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket teams.
World Best top 3 Wicket Keeper: Former Australian wicketkeeper batsman Adam Gilchrist has named the three best wicketkeepers in the world. In the list of three best wicketkeepers in the world made by Gilchrist, one is a former Australian wicketkeeper, while the other two are former wicketkeepers of the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket teams.
List of the best wicket keepers in the world (Top 3 Wicket Keepers)
1. Rodney Marsh
Responding to this question asked by the Times of India, Adam Gilchrist first of all described former Australian wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh as the best wicketkeeper in the world. Gilchrist also explained his choice and described former Australian wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh as his idol and said that he also wanted to be like Rodney Marsh.
Rod Marsh was one of the most prominent wicketkeepers of the game during the 70s and 80s. He played 96 Tests and 92 ODIs for Australia. He made 479 dismissals in 188 international matches which is quite impressive.
Format | Match | Catch | run out | Stumping |
Tests | 96 | 343 | 1 | 12 |
ODI | 92 | 120 | 0 | 4 |
T20I | , | , | , | , |
2. MS Dhoni
After this, the second position was given to the best wicketkeeper of the Indian team and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gilchrist called Dhoni the second best wicketkeeper in the world. At the same time, Adam Gilchrist, who called Mahendra Singh Dhoni cool, said that he likes Dhoni’s coolness a lot.
Dhoni has made 829 dismissals in 538 international matches which includes catches, runs and stumpings. He holds the record for the fastest stumping which he did in 0.08 seconds. Let us tell you that MS Dhoni is at third place in the list of all-time greatest wicketkeepers in the world.
Format | Match | Catch | run out | Stumping |
Tests | 90 | 256 | 3 | 38 |
ODI | 350 | 321 | 22 | 123 |
T20I | 98 | 57 | 8 | 34 |
3. Kumar Sangakkara
At the same time, former Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara has been given the third position. Also talking about Sangakkara, Gilchrist said that whether it is batting in the top order or wicketkeeping, Sangakkara has good quality in everything.
In his 15-year career, he scored 63 centuries and made 678 dismissals in 594 international matches.
Format | Match | Catch | run out | Stumping |
Tests | 134 | 182 | 4 | 20 |
ODI | 404 | 402 | 20 | 99 |
T20I | 56 | 25 | 5 | 20 |