Top 5 best wicketkeepers in IPL

March 19, 2022

Let’s look at the top 5 best wicketkeepers in the IPL.

As the cliché goes “Wicket keeping and umpiring are thankless jobs”. It means that when this two personnel perform their best, no one notices them, but whenever these two make even the smallest of mistakes, the entire world goes against them. Despite such injustice, Wicketkeepers have been doing their work sincerely.

List of at top 5 best wicket keepers in IPL

5. Parthiv Patel

Parthiv Patel has always been regarded as one of the best keepers in Indian cricket. He was a teenage boy of 17 years when he made his debut. Though his career has always been overshadowed by other keepers, he occupies number 5 in the list of best IPL wicket keepers. In 139 games, he has 81 dismissals.

4. Wriddhiman Saha

Wriddhiman Saha is at number 4 in the list of top 5 best keepers in the IPL. When it comes to pure keeping skills, no one comes even close to this man from Bengal. Saha, amongst all the wicketkeepers, is the sedate one and sadly has the least fan following. In 133 IPL games, Saha has 82 dismissals.

3. Robin Uthappa

Robin Uthappa is a surprising name here as everyone is accustomed to his heroics in front of the wicket, not behind the wicket. But he has been a part of 90 dismissals which is 3rd highest for any IPL wicketkeeper. He will play for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2022.

2. Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik, the most squirming and moving entity on the field is at number 2 as the 2nd best wicketkeeper in the IPL. This man from Tamil Nadu has played for many franchises and has been part of 147 dismissals which is head and shoulders above the 3rd placed Robin Uthappa. Dinesh is the man whose career has been completely shadowed by MSD’s presence, though he venerates MSD just like everybody does.

1.MS Dhoni

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No one can take MSD away from the wicket-keeping gloves and the top position in the list of best IPL wicket keepers. He does lead CSK from the front by standing behind the wickets. With shrewd tactics which have been brewed by him by standing behind the wickets as resulted in numerous dismissals. Out of those 161 belongs to MSD which is the most by any wicket-keeper.