With the catch of South Africa's Morne Morkel off Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the second innings at Cape Town, Wriddhiman Saha broke the record of the most dismissals in a Test by an Indian wicketkeeper.
It was Saha's 10th catch of the Test as he went past the record of nine dismissals set by former captain MS Dhoni against Australia in Melbourne in December 2014.
While Saha's dismissals were all catches, Dhoni's included one stumping. It was also the first time the 33-year-old took five catches each in a Test.
The best of his 10 dismissals was a sharp catch he took to get rid of Kagiso Rabada in the first innings off the bowling of spinner R Ashwin.
Overall, Saha's effort is the joint-second best in the history. He joins England's Bob Taylor (vs India, Mumbai 1980) and Australian Adam Gilchrist (vs New Zealand, Hamilton 2000) who each took 10 catches. Jack Russell of England (vs South Africa, Johannesburg 1995) and South African AB de Villiers (vs Pakistan, Johannesburg 2013) occupy the top spot with 11 dismissals, all catches, to their name in a match.
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