C Keshavamurthy, the Indian domestic champion statistician. unearths a wicket keeping record in Ranji Trophy this season and laments that such records are not given its due in the Print media and electronic media. Crickick’s statistician HR Gopala Krishna provides the comprehensive list of wicket keepers who have effected seven dismissals in an innings and nine or more dismissals in a Ranji Trophy match. Read on …………..

It is a strange thing that while so much publicity is given to the records made in tests/one day internationals, the records achieved by Indian Cricketers in domestic cricket are not given its due

Recently in the first leg of the Ranji Trophy matches this season, Karnataka’s A Mithun and Delhi’s P Bisht, accomplished rare individual feats. Though their names with their feats get automatically added to the record books, not much is spoken of them or highlighted either in the Print media and in electronic media, although their feat deserve special mention and publicity.

Karnataka’s Abhimanyu Mukund performed a hat trick and also took 11 wickets in the match against Uttar Pradesh at Meerut which is a rare feat – but his record was not given as much prominence as it deserved.

Similarly, Punit Bisht of Delhi accomplished a rare feat in the annals of Ranji Trophy when he held seven catches in the first innings and took two more in the second innings in the Ranji Trophy match against Baroda at Vadodara with the start date of 03.11.09

Bisht’s feat is only the fourth occasion of a wicket keeper effecting seven dismissals in the Ranji Trophy match right from its inception in 1934/35

No	Dis	Breakup	Name	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	8	7ct/1st	*SNath	Asm	Tri	Guwahati	2001/02
2	7	7ct	KSM Iyer	Vid	U P	Allahabad	1997/98
3	7	7ct	DHYagnik	Raj	Sau	Rajkot	2005/06
4	7	7CT	P Bisht	Del	Vad	Vadodara	2009/10

The Ranji Trophy record for most dismissals in an innings is eight and is credited to S Nath of Assam who on debut against Tripura at Guwahathi in 2001/02 effected held seven catches and effected a stumping.

Bisht made Ranji Trophy debut for Delhi against Baroda in 2006/07. He was making his 23rd Ranji Trophy appearance when he took seven catches in an innings, He was born on 15.06.1986. He is a right handed lower order batsman and wicket keeper.

The following table lists out the wicket keepers who have effected nine or more dismissals in a Ranji Trophy match. P Bisht’s feat of nine dismissals in the match between Delhi and Vadodara, this season provides the 21^st occasion of a wicket keeper effecting nine or more dismissals in a Ranji Trophy match

Nine or more dismissals in a match in Ranji Trophy
No	Dis	Breakup	Name	Team	Opp	Venue	Season
1	11	10ct/1st	*S Nath	Asm	Tri	Guwahati	2001/02
2	11	9ct/2st	MS Bisla	H P	Sau	Dharmasala	2004/05
3	10	9ct/1st	A Ghosh	Bih	Asm	Bhagalpur	1981/82
4	10	8ct/2st	Z Parker	Mum	Mah	Mumbai	1981/82
5	10	10ct	VST Naidu	Kar	Sau	Mysore	2007/08
6	9	9ct	Inderjithsinhji	Sau	Mah	Nasik	1965/66
7	9	6ct/3st	PG Joshi	Mah	Guj	Ahmednagar	1959/60
8	9	4ct/5st	MK Mantri	Mum	NInd	Lahore	1941/42
9	9	9ct	P Bisht	Del	Sau	Rajkot	2008/09
10	9	9ct	MS Dhoni	Bih	Vid	Nagpur	2003/04
11	9	9ct	G Gopal	Ori	Asm	Cuttack	1997/98
12	9	9ct	M Gupta	H P	Ker	Dharmasala	2008/09
13	9	9ct	I Khaleel	Hyd	Ser	Sec’bad	2005/06
14	9	8ct/1st	VST Naidu	Kar	And	Mysore	2008/09
15	9	9ct	NV Ojha	M P	Asm	Indore	2008/09
16	9	9ct	R Paul	T N	Pun	Chennai	1999/00
17	9	9ct	MSK Prasad	And	Har	Anantapur	2005/06
18	9	9ct	MSK Prasad	And	Har	Rohtak	2006/07
19	9	8ct/1st	V R Samant	Mum	Raj	Mumbai	2006/07
20	9	7ct/2st	V R Samant	Mum	Kar	Mumbai	2007/08
21	9	7ct/2st	P Bisht	Del	Vad	Vadodara	2009/10
			*on debut in RT

MSK Prasad of Andhra, P Bisht of Delhi, VR Samant of Mumbai and VST Naidu of Karnataka are the four wicket keepers who have effected nine or more dismissals in a Ranji Trophy match on two occasions. P Bisht, prior to his feat of nine dismissals against Vadodara, this season has effected nine dismissals {all caught} against Saurashtra at Rajkot in 2008-09