Hyderabad wicketkeeper Ibrahim Khaleel created a record for the most dismissals in a first-class cricket match during his side's victory over Assam in a Ranji Trophy Plate Group ‘B' contest on Sunday.
The 29-year-old Khaleel took seven catches in Assam's second innings to finish with 14 victims (11 catches, three stumpings) in the match.
The previous mark of 13 dismissals was set by Zimbabwe's Wayne James, who claimed 11 catches and effected two stumpings when playing for Matabeleland against Mashonaland in 1995-96.
Samarjit Nath (Assam, on debut), M.S. Dhoni (India ‘A') and Manvinder Bisla (Himachal Pradesh) shared the Indian first-class record — 11 dismissals — before Khaleel's feat. The record in Test cricket belongs to England's Jack Russell, who pouched 11 catches against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1995.
