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Most batsmen caught in an innings

By Rajneesh Gupta
September 21, 2004 12:26 IST
A very rare occurrence took place in the last league match of ICC Champions Trophy between India and Pakistan. Batting first India could manage only 200. What was amazing with India's performance was that all ten Indian batsmen were dismissed CAUGHT - four behind the stumps, one caught & bowled and remaining five in the field. This provided only the sixth instance in ODI history of all ten wickets in an innings falling in this fashion.

Check the India-Pakistan match scorecard

The accompanying table has the details:

Total Country (Score) Vs Venue Date Inns
10 New Zealand (156) WI Southampton 24 May 1999 1st
10 Zimbabwe (138) WI Sydney 23 Jan 2001 1st
10 Pakistan (148) Ind Toronto 18 Sep 1997 2nd
10 Sri Lanka (116) Pak Colombo (PSS) 30 Mar 1986 2nd
10 New Zealand (162) Aus Auckland 11 Mar 1990 1st
10 India (200) Pak Edgbaston 19 Sep 2004 1st
Note: On 33 further occasions, nine batsmen were caught in same innings

Continuing with the trend set by their arch-rivals, Pakistani batsmen also deemed it fit to lose their wickets in the similar way until Sehwag

managed to bowl one delivery that disturbed Abdur Razzaq's furniture. However two more caught dismissals in Pakistan's innings took the match tally of catches to 16 - joint third highest in ODIs as is evident from the following table:

Total Countries Venue Date Match Agg
18 Pakistan (8 catches taken) - Sri Lanka (10) Colombo (PSS) 30-3-1986 313-20
17 Zimbabwe (10) - West Indies (7) Sydney 23-1-2001 229-20
17 Australia (9) - India (8) Melbourne 09-1-2004 558-20
16 India (6) - Pakistan (10) Toronto 18-9-1997 330-16
16 India (8) - New Zealand (8) Perth 09-10-1980 319-20
16 Zimbabwe (9) - Pakistan (7) Harare 26-2-1995 370-18
16 South Africa (8) - Bangladesh (8) Potchefstroom 03-10-2002 434-18
16 England (7) - Sri Lanka (9) Perth 20-12-2002 421-19
16 Pakistan (8) - India (8) Toronto 13-9-1998 441-19
16 New Zealand (8) - Sri Lanka (8) Sharjah 09-4-2002 425-18
16 India (10) - Pakistan (6) Edgbaston 19-9-2004 401-17
Note: Match Agg - Match Aggregate

Rajneesh Gupta

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