Dhoni equals world record

[King]

Mahendra Singh Dhoni engineered six dismissals to equal the world record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in an ODI. More... Dhoni equals world record September 03, 2007 14:52 IST When Indians are under attack for their poor fielding, Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] provided a ray of hope by engineering six dismissals behind the stumps to equal the world record for maximum dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a one-day international. This was the eight instance of any wicketkeeper lending a hand in six dismissals and the first by an Indian. Nayan Mongia with five dismissals held the Indian record previously. "It wasn't so much the visibility but the wind that was the problem. The ball was swaying away from the fielders," Dhoni said. Dhoni got into the act when England [Images] was going great guns at 97 for 1. He began by effecting a lightening quick stumping of opener Matt Prior [Images] after the England batsman lost his balance and lifted his back foot for a few fleeting seconds off Sourav Ganguly [Images], before accepting Kevin Pietersen's [Images] outside edge off Zaheer Khan [Images]. And he then took a sharp catch to dismiss Ian Bell [Images] as England lost three wickets in seven runs and lost its way. Dhoni, in fact, had a hand in each of the first five wickets that England lost before picking his sixth victim when he held a skier from Jonathan Lewis off Ajit Agarkar [Images]. "Dhoni was catching well, and at one stage we were hoping that all the balls go to him," said captain Rahul Dravid [Images] jokingly after his team put down three straight forward chances.

[King]

Good on Dhoni, I always maintained he is one of the better wicket keepers. Contrast him with Akmal that was thought to be one of the best couple of years ago. Dhoni although looks pretty unorthodox behind stumps he is quite a safe hand.

[Cricketics]

that was good.... that stumping yesterday and that high catch was just pure class.. the ball was swinging a lot and that was one of the tuffest catch..

[Anakin]

It was top class keeping yesterday

[bigdhoni7]

shame that he didnt get another wicket (off anderson likely) to create a new world record.

[gator]

dhoni is ungainly in both keeping and batting and better than most in both...

[CC1981]

Dhoni is also an intelligent keeper. He knows that he is a batting keeper/ a keeper who is expected to hold the bat decently and as a result, he manages his energy/intensity pretty well. He doesnt care much about 'looking pretty' behind the stumps- only on being effective. This is why there will always be the Dhoni-decriers because he will take the occasional ball on the chest/let a bye through or parry a ball. But i've noticed that when it comes to edges carrying, Dhon is quite a safe hand, possibly the safest pair of hands behind the wicket for India since Nayan Mongia/Saba Karim duo.