BR Sharat of Karnataka effected 21 dismissals in the just concluded Vijay Hazare Trophy to become the second wicket keeper after KD Karthik to effect 20 plus dismissals in a seson of Vijay Hazare Trophy. KD Karthik had effected 23 dismissals in 2015-16 season.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Season
1	KD Karthik	8	8	23	17	6	Tamil Nadu	2015/16
2	BR Sharath	9	9	21	18	3	Karnataka	2022/23

BR Sharath’s 21 dismissals comprised of 18 catches and 3 stumpings. His 18 catches is a record for most catches in a season of Vijay Hazare Trophy. KD Karthik had pouched 17 catches in 2015/16 season and AP Tare of Mumbai had pouched 17 catches in 2016/17 season

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Season
1	BR Sharath	9	9	21	18	3	Karnataka	2022/23
2	KD Karthik	8	8	23	17	6	Tamil Nadu	2015/16
3	AP Tare	6	6	17	17	0	Mumbai	2016/17

BR Sharath’s aggregate dismissals in Vijay Hazare Trophy read 57 of which 51 were catches. He became the 17^th wicket keeper to effect 50 plus dismissals in the tournament and is listed at number 12 for his 57 dismissals.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	AP Tare	2008-2022	77	76	125	109	16
2	KD Karthik	2008-2022	71	68	102	86	16
3	P Bisht	2008-2022	78	75	98	83	15
4	N Saini	2008-2021	66	62	90	70	20
5	WP Saha	2008-2022	59	57	82	74	08
6	NV Ojha	2008-2019	68	61	82	68	14
7	PA Patel	2008-2019	68	66	81	60	21
8	M Rawat	2008-2018	48	48	79	65	14
9	KS Bharat	2012-2022	60	57	73	61	12
10	CM Gautam	2008-2019	49	44	67	54	13
11	SP Goswami	2008-2022	83	44	64	56	08
12	BR Sharath	2018-2022	28	27	57	51	06
13	PR Shah	2008-2018	40	37	55	41	14
14	SV Samson	2012-2021	60	42	55	50	05
15	G Khera	2014-2018	28	28	51	45	06
16	U Kaul	2008-2021	39	33	50	43	07
17	CD Bist	2014-2022	38	37	50	42	08

His 51 catches makes him the 13^th wicket keeper to pouch 50 plus catches and is placed 12^th in the list of 13 wicket Keepers.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	AP Tare	2008-2022	77	76	125	109	16
2	KD Karthik	2008-2022	71	68	102	86	16
3	P Bisht	2008-2022	78	75	98	83	15
4	WP Saha	2008-2022	59	57	82	74	08
5	N Saini	2008-2021	66	62	90	70	20
6	NV Ojha	2008-2019	68	61	82	68	14
7	M Rawat	2008-2018	48	48	79	65	14
8	KS Bharat	2012-2022	60	57	73	61	12
9	PA Patel	2008-2019	68	66	81	60	21
10	SP Goswami	2008-2022	83	44	64	56	08
11	CM Gautam	2008-2019	49	44	67	54	13
12	BR Sharath	2018-2022	28	27	57	51	06
13	SV Samson	2012-2021	60	42	55	50	05

With six dismissals to his credit against Jharkand at Ahmedabad on 26.11.22, he also became the first wicket keeper from Karnataka to effect six dismissals in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy. CM Gautham, KL Rahul and RV Uthappa had effected five dismissals in Ranji Trophy.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	St	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	BR Sharath	6	6	0	1	Karnataka	v Jharkhand	Ahmedabad	26.11.22
2	CM Gautam	5	3	2	2	Karnataka	Goa	Alur (3)	03.03.14
3	KL Rahul	5	4	1	1	Karnataka	Railways	Kolkata	16.03.14
4	RV Uthappa	5	5	0	2	Karnataka	Saurashtra	Kolkata	28.02.17

He also became the fifth wicket keeper in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy to effect six dismissals – all caught. The following table lists all the five wicket keepers

No	Player	Dis	Ct	St	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	M Rawat	7	7	0	1	Railways	M. Pradesh	Nagpur	23.02.12
2	Ishan Kishan	7	7	0	2	Jharkhand	M Pradesh	Indore	20.02.21
3	CD Bist	6	6	0	1	Nagaland	v J + K	DY Patil	15.11.22
4	HS Mantri	6	6	0	2	M. Pradesh	v Baroda	DY Patil	23.11.22
5	BR Sharath	6	6	0	1	Karnataka	v Jharkhand	Ahmedabad	26.11.22