MS Dhoni’s five dismissals in the first innings of this test provide the eleventh occasion of a captain-cum-wicket keeper effecting five or more dismissals in a test innings. It was the second occasion for MS Dhoni to achieve this distinction. He had effected six dismissals {all caught} against New Zealand at Wellington in Apr 09. All the eleven occasions are listed below

No	Wicketkeepers	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	ImtiazAhmed	5	4	1	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Nov/59
2	FCMAlexander	5	5	0	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Jan/60
3	IDS Smith	5	5	0	NZl	Srl	Auckland	Mar/91
4	Rashid Latif	6	6	0	Pak	Zim	Bulawayo	Mar/98
5	AJ Stewart	5	5	0	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun/98
6	AJ Stewart	5	5	0	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Jul/98
7	A Flower	5	5	0	Zim	Eng	Nottingham	Jun/00
8	AC Gilchrist	5	5	0	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Aug/01
9	AC Gilchrist	5	5	0	Aus	Srl	Darwin	Jul/04
10	MS Dhoni	6	6	0	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr/09
11	MS Dhoni	5	3	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10

Out of these eleven occasions in which a captain-cum-wicket keeper have effected five or more dismissals, all the nine occasions are all caught dismissals while only two have stumping dismissals – Imtiaz Ahmed {01} and MS Dhoni {02}.

No	Wicketkeepers	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	ImtiazAhmed	5	4	1	Pak	Aus	Lahore	Nov/59
2	MS Dhoni	5	3	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10

MS Dhoni became the third captain-cum-wicket keeper to effect five or more dismissals in a test innings on two occasions. Others are AJ Stewart of England and AC Gilchrist of Australia.

No	Wicketkeepers	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	AJ Stewart	5	5	0	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun/98
2	AJ Stewart	5	5	0	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	Jul/98
1	AC Gilchrist	5	5	0	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Aug/01
2	AC Gilchrist	5	5	0	Aus	Srl	Darwin	Jul/04
1	MS Dhoni	6	6	0	Ind	NZl	Wellington	Apr/09
2	MS Dhoni	5	3	2	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	Jan/10