India's Greatest Test XI: wicketkeepers

In the build up to India's 500th Test match, against New Zealand in Kanpur next week, we want YOU to select India's Greatest Test XI.

Every day we will be asking you to vote on which players you think deserve to make the cut, from the best-ever opening batsmen, to the greatest in the middle-order, the wicketkeepers, the spinners and the pacemen.

After looking at the contenders for the opening and middle order sports over the past few days, today we want you to select the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman to play Test cricket for India.

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MS Dhoni

Tests: 90 | Runs: 4,876 | Hundreds: 6 | Ave: 38.09 | HS: 224 | C: 256 | S: 38

Part of the wicketkeeper-batsman revolution at the turn of the 21st century, Dhoni is regarded as one of the most destructive batsmen of the modern era.

While he was far more potent in the shorter forms of the game, his batting average of 38 in Tests underlines his ability to bat big as well, and his spectacular 224 against Australia in the first Test of their 2013 series - featuring 24 fours and six sixes - demoralised the tourists and paved the way for the 4-0 series whitewash.

Dhoni’s batting record away from home will always draw criticism - he averaged less than 30 from 39 Tests outside Asia, with no centuries - but there is no doubting his match-winning ability with the bat when on song.

And that's not even mentioning his glovework; he equalled Syed Kirmani's Indian record of 38 stumpings in his final Test, his lightning fast reflexes a nightmare for any batsman who strayed slightly out of his crease, and he ended his career fifth on the all-time list of wicketkeeping dismissals.

Syed Kirmani

Tests: 88 | Runs: 2759 | Hundreds: 2 | Ave: 27.04 | HS: 102 | C: 160 | S: 38

One of India's greatest-ever gloveman, Kirmani had a mixed start to his Test career; he equalled a then world record of six dismissals in an innings in just his second Test, but then had a horror series in the West Indies, dropping several chances as Viv Richards went on a rampage.

Having been axed from the side, Kirmani later returned and quickly established himself as a certain selection for India's Test side for the better part of a decade thanks to a combination of clean glovework and handy runs down the order.

In many ways, Kirmani was ahead of his time as a batsman, averaging 27 and regularly bailing out India's top order in an era (between 1976 and 1986) that came before the keeper-batsman revolution.

As a keeper, Kirmani was razor sharp, equally adept keeping up to India's famed group of spinners and back to the pace of legendary allrounder Kapil Dev. 

Kiran More

Tests: 49 | Runs: 1285 | Hundreds: 0 | Ave: 25.70 | HS: 73 | C: 110 | S: 20

A diminutive and combative wicketkeeper, More is best remembered for his competitive nature and ability to rile up his opponents, notably a heated exchange with Pakistan's Javed Miandad at the 1992 World Cup.

More's career batting statistics pale into comparison to a modern wicketkeeper-batsman, a role that has changed more than any over the past three decades, but he still holds the Test record for the most stumpings in an innings, his low centre of gravity and lightning reflexes handing him five in a thumping win over the West Indies in Chennai in 1988.

But such is a wicketkeeper's lot in life, More is also remembered for a catch he dropped rather than one he took; he had the misfortune of spilling a chance offered by Graham Gooch at Lord's in 1990 and the England star pushed on to a record score of 333.