Top 5 instances where wicket-keepers bowled and took crucial wickets

Modified Jun 10, 2018 02:52 IST

Boucher holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper, with 532 catches

#5 MS Dhoni

There isn't anything on a cricket ground that MS Dhoni can't pull off. Even when it comes to trading the wicketkeeping gloves for an over or two.

Over the years, we have seen Dhoni pull off some unique tricks and unconventional moves on a cricket field.

One such unconventional cricketing sight was witnessed in South Africa where India locked horns with the West Indies in the 12 match of the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy tournament.

On a pitch well-suited for pacers, West Indies team was struggling at 49/4 in 16 overs with DE Barnard and TM Dowlin at the crease.

Dhoni decided to bowl the 17th over and asked Dinesh Karthik to keep wickets, much to the amazement of fans and commentators. He bowled at a decent pace and managed to swing the ball.

His first two deliveries were sent to the boundary line by Dowlin but the fourth delivery took the cake.

Dhoni pitched a full-length ball that met with a thin inside edge off Dowlin's bat and rattled the off-stump. His bowling figures in the match were 2-0-16-1.

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