AM Rahane of India wrote himself into the record books by pouching eight catches in the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Galle. His eight catches represent the world record for most catches by a fieldsman other than the wicket keepers. AM Rahan4 went past GS Chappell of Australia, Yajurvindra Singh of India, HP Tilakaratne of Sri Lanka, SP Fleming of New Zealand and ML Hayden of Australa who had taken seven catches in a test and shared the previous record for most catches in a test.

No	Player	Ct	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AM Rahane	8	Ind	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
2	GS Chappell	7	Aus	Eng	Perth	13 Dec 1974
3	Yajurvindra Singh	7	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	28 Jan 1977
4	HP Tillakaratne	7	Srl	NZl	Col-SSC	06 Dec 1992
5	SP Fleming	7	NZl	Zim	Harare	18 Sep 1997
6	ML Hayden	7	Aus	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2004

AM Rahane became the second Indian fieldsman other than the wicket keeper to pouch seven or more catches in a test after Yajurvindra Singh. Yajurvindra Singh had held seven catches against England at Bangalore in Jan 1977

No	Player	Ct	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AM Rahane	8	Ind	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
2	Yajurvindra Singh	7	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	28 Jan 1977

AM Rahane became the second fieldsman other than the wicket keeper to pouch seven or more catches in a test against Sri Lanka after ML Hayden or Australia. ML Hayden had held seven catches against Sri Lanka at Galle in Mar 2004. Thus AM Rahane’s effort not only represents a record against Sri Lanka but also represents a ground record at Galle

No	Player	Ct	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AM Rahane	8	Ind	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
2	ML Hayden	7	Aus	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2004