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World Cup 2023: It is impossible to break this World Cup record of Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara

Ansh Gain
1 year ago

Kumar Sangakkara, World Cup records: Former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara holds the record for most dismissals in ODI World Cup. No one among the active players is close to him. Sangakkara has participated in this global tournament four times in his career and has taken a total of 54 wickets.

Gilchrist is ahead of Kumar Sangakkara in terms of catches :-

Adam Gilchrist, considered Australia’s most successful wicketkeeper, may be behind Sangakkara, but no one is ahead of him in terms of taking the most catches behind the wicket. Gilchrist has dismissed 45 catches, while Sangakkara did so 41 times.

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Mushfiqur is ahead in active players :-

Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh leads the list of most dismissals behind the wicket among active players. He has played a total of 29 matches from 2007 to 2019 World Cup and has taken 28 dismissals, which includes 21 catches and seven stumpings.

Successful wicketkeeper player of ODI World Cup :-

PlayerCountryMatchCatchStumpingTotal Year
Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka374113542003-2105
Adam GilchristAustralia31457521999-2007
Mahendra Singh DhoniIndia29348422007-2019
Brendon McCullumNew Zealand34302322003-2015
Mark BoucherSouth Africa25310311999-2007

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