Top three Indian Test wicket-keepers dismissed most often in the 80s and 90s

As of August 21, 2026, three Indian Test wicket-keepers — Farokh Engineer, MS Dhoni and Rishabh Pant — rank highest for being dismissed in the 80s and 90s in Test cricket, according to a Khel Now report published on that date.

Batting while keeping wicket presents dual demands, and Khel Now noted that losing a wicket just short of a century can be particularly frustrating; three Indian keeper-batters have been dismissed in the 80s or 90s multiple times across their Test careers.

Farokh Engineer represented India in 47 Tests between 1961 and 1975 and was dismissed between 80 and 99 runs on four occasions; out of these, two innings were against England, while one each was against New Zealand and England.

MS Dhoni scored six Test centuries across 90 matches and also recorded multiple near-misses, being dismissed in the 90s on five occasions and in the 80s three times; across 144 innings from 2005 to 2014 he accumulated 4,876 runs at an average of 38.09 and is still the wicket-keeper with the most Test runs for India.

Rishabh Pant, described in the article as the primary choice of wicket-keeper in the longest format currently, has been dismissed in the 80s and 90s in eight Test innings, seven of which came in the 90s; in 49 games he has scored 3,476 runs with eight centuries and 18 fifties.

Among the three players listed, Pant and Dhoni each have eight dismissals in the 80s and 90s while Engineer has four, making Pant and Dhoni the joint-most affected Indian wicket-keepers in this specific range.

Pant's status as the current first-choice Test wicket-keeper and the shared eight-instance tally with Dhoni underline the two players' identical totals for dismissals in the 80s and 90s among Indian Test keepers, while Dhoni remains India's leading wicket-keeper run-scorer with 4,876 Test runs.