Wicketkeeper Ibrahim Khaleel set a world record by affecting 14 dismissals (11 catches and 3 stumpings) in Hyderabad’s an innings and 78-run win over Assam in a Ranji Trophymatch at Guwahati on 20th November - Sunday.
Ibrahim Khaleel snapped seven victims in the second innings to add to an equal number in the first and rewrote a 15-year-old mark for any form of cricket. Zimbab-we’s Wayne Robert James had held the record with 13 (11 catches, 2 stumpings) victims for Matabeleland against Mashonaland Cou-ntry Districts in their dom-estic first classmatch in the 1995-96 season. James had also scored 99 and 99 not out in the two innings. Khaleel hit an unbeaten 37 in the only chance he got to bat in the landmarkmatch.
The Test record for a wicketkeeper stands at 11 dismissals, held by English-man Robert Charles (better known as Jack) Russell ag-ainst South Africa in 1995. Nayan Mongia and Mahe-ndra Singh Dhoni are joint holders of India’s Test best, with 8 dismissals each.
Samarjith Nath of Assam had held the Indian overall rec-ord with 11 victims against Tripura in a 2001-02 Ranji Trophy match in Guwaha-ti. Ironically, that was Nath’s only first class game.
Khaleel was unaware of the record until after the match.
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