5 most successful Indian wicket-keepers in Test cricket

#2 Syed Kirmani

India's stumper during their early glory days

The early 1980s was probably the worst time to be a wicketkeeper as world cricket was full of exceptional stumpers. Be it Rod Marsh, Ian Smith, Jeff Dujon or Syed Kirmani, every single cricket team had an exceptional, well-settled wicketkeeper in their line up.

Syed Kirmani was India's permanent wicketkeeper for almost 10 years, and it was his success behind the stumps that encouraged a generation of young glovemen in India in the future years. A handy lower-order batsman, he also provided depth to the Indian batting line up.

In the 88 test matches he played for the Indian team, he kept the wickets in 151 innings and was involved in 198 dismissals. 160 of those dismissals were caught behind while 38 of those were stumpings, the joint highest among Indian wicketkeepers. He was the first Indian to register 6 dismissals in an innings when he took 5 catches and affected a stumping against New Zealand in 1976.