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Keeping Most Dismissals Innings
Most dismissals in an innings Held in Sri Lanka for Tests
Most dismissals in an innings
Player
Dismissed
Ct Wk
St
Innings in match
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
SAR Silva
6
6
-
1
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (SSC)
30 Aug 1985
Test # 1023
LD Chandimal
6
5
1
3
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Colombo (PSS)
25 Jun 2015
Test # 2168
SAR Silva
5
5
-
4
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (PSS)
06 Sep 1985
Test # 1024
AC Parore
5
4
1
1
New Zealand
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
06 Dec 1992
Test # 1204
KC Sangakkara
5
4
1
2
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Colombo (PSS)
20 Sep 2005
Test # 1766
Kamran Akmal
5
4
1
1
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Galle
04 Jul 2009
Test # 1921
Mushfiqur Rahim
5
5
-
2
Bangladesh
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (RPS)
16 Mar 2013
Test # 2082
Q de Kock
5
5
-
4
South Africa
v Sri Lanka
Galle
16 Jul 2014
Test # 2129
N Dickwella
5
5
-
3
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Galle
06 Aug 2014
Test # 2133
N Dickwella
5
5
-
2
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
14 Aug 2014
Test # 2136
Q de Kock
5
4
1
1
South Africa
v Sri Lanka
Galle
12 Jul 2018
Test # 2311
BJ Watling
5
5
-
1
New Zealand
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (PSS)
22 Aug 2019
Test # 2356
SAR Silva
4
3
1
2
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (PSS)
06 Sep 1985
Test # 1024
S Viswanath
4
4
-
2
India
v Sri Lanka
Kandy
14 Sep 1985
Test # 1025
RG de Alwis
4
4
-
2
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Colombo (PSS)
22 Mar 1986
Test # 1043
IA Healy
4
4
-
2
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (RPS)
28 Aug 1992
Test # 1195
AJ Stewart
4
3
1
2
England
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
13 Mar 1993
Test # 1219
DJ Richardson
4
4
-
1
South Africa
v Sri Lanka
Moratuwa
25 Aug 1993
Test # 1232
DJ Richardson
4
4
-
1
South Africa
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
06 Sep 1993
Test # 1233
DJ Richardson
4
4
-
3
South Africa
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
06 Sep 1993
Test # 1233
PB Dassanayake
4
1
3
2
Sri Lanka
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
06 Sep 1993
Test # 1233
DJ Richardson
4
4
-
2
South Africa
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (PSS)
14 Sep 1993
Test # 1234
Khaled Mashud
4
4
-
1
Bangladesh
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
28 Jul 2002
Test # 1611
RS Kaluwitharana
4
3
1
3
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Kandy
03 May 2003
Test # 1644
CMW Read
4
4
-
1
England
v Sri Lanka
Galle
02 Dec 2003
Test # 1670
KC Sangakkara
4
2
2
3
Sri Lanka
v England
Colombo (SSC)
18 Dec 2003
Test # 1675
AC Gilchrist
4
3
1
2
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
24 Mar 2004
Test # 1691
Khaled Mashud
4
4
-
2
Bangladesh
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (RPS)
12 Sep 2005
Test # 1764
HAPW Jayawardene
4
2
2
1
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
25 Jun 2007
Test # 1837
BB McCullum
4
4
-
1
New Zealand
v Sri Lanka
Galle
18 Aug 2009
Test # 1930
HAPW Jayawardene
4
3
1
4
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Galle
18 Aug 2009
Test # 1930
Q de Kock
4
3
1
2
South Africa
v Sri Lanka
Galle
16 Jul 2014
Test # 2129
Q de Kock
4
4
-
1
South Africa
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
24 Jul 2014
Test # 2131
Sarfaraz Ahmed
4
4
-
3
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Pallekele
03 Jul 2015
Test # 2169
D Ramdin
4
3
1
1
West Indies
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (PSS)
22 Oct 2015
Test # 2182
Mushfiqur Rahim
4
4
-
3
Bangladesh
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (PSS)
15 Mar 2017
Test # 2254
N Dickwella
4
4
-
1
Sri Lanka
v India
Galle
26 Jul 2017
Test # 2265
JC Buttler
4
3
1
3
England
v Sri Lanka
Galle
14 Jan 2021
Test # 2403
Litton Das
4
4
-
1
Bangladesh
v Sri Lanka
Pallekele
29 Apr 2021
Test # 2419
AT Carey
4
4
-
1
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Galle
29 Jun 2022
Test # 2469
Mohammad Rizwan
4
4
-
1
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Galle
16 Jul 2022
Test # 2472
Sarfaraz Ahmed
4
4
-
1
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Galle
16 Jul 2023
Test # 2511
Litton Das
4
4
-
2
Bangladesh
v Sri Lanka
Galle
17 Jun 2025
Test # 2586
BKG Mendis
4
4
-
1
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Galle
17 Jun 2025
Test # 2586
RD Woolley
3
3
-
2
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Kandy
22 Apr 1983
Test # 955
IDS Smith
3
3
-
1
New Zealand
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
16 Mar 1984
Test # 982
RG de Alwis
3
3
-
2
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Colombo (CCC)
24 Mar 1984
Test # 985
S Viswanath
3
3
-
2
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
30 Aug 1985
Test # 1023
SAR Silva
3
3
-
3
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (SSC)
30 Aug 1985
Test # 1023
SAR Silva
3
3
-
1
Sri Lanka
v India
Kandy
14 Sep 1985
Test # 1025
Zulqarnain
3
3
-
1
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (PSS)
22 Mar 1986
Test # 1043
IDS Smith
3
3
-
1
New Zealand
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (CCC)
16 Apr 1987
Test # 1074
AGD Wickremasinghe
3
3
-
1
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Moratuwa
27 Nov 1992
Test # 1203
KS More
3
3
-
2
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
27 Jul 1993
Test # 1228
PB Dassanayake
3
3
-
2
Sri Lanka
v West Indies
Moratuwa
08 Dec 1993
Test # 1239
Rashid Latif
3
3
-
1
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Kandy
26 Aug 1994
Test # 1267
RS Kaluwitharana
3
2
1
1
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
18 Sep 1996
Test # 1334
A Flower
3
2
1
2
Zimbabwe
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
18 Sep 1996
Test # 1334
NR Mongia
3
3
-
1
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
09 Aug 1997
Test # 1376
RS Kaluwitharana
3
2
1
2
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (SSC)
09 Aug 1997
Test # 1376
RS Kaluwitharana
3
3
-
3
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
14 Jan 1998
Test # 1395
A Flower
3
3
-
2
Zimbabwe
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
14 Jan 1998
Test # 1395
Moin Khan
3
3
-
1
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Galle
21 Jun 2000
Test # 1501
RS Kaluwitharana
3
2
1
2
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Galle
21 Jun 2000
Test # 1501
KC Sangakkara
3
3
-
3
Sri Lanka
v South Africa
Kandy
30 Jul 2000
Test # 1505
KC Sangakkara
3
3
-
2
Sri Lanka
v England
Galle
22 Feb 2001
Test # 1530
KC Sangakkara
3
3
-
4
Sri Lanka
v England
Kandy
07 Mar 2001
Test # 1532
KC Sangakkara
3
3
-
1
Sri Lanka
v India
Galle
14 Aug 2001
Test # 1555
SS Dighe
3
3
-
1
India
v Sri Lanka
Kandy
22 Aug 2001
Test # 1557
KC Sangakkara
3
3
-
1
Sri Lanka
v West Indies
Galle
13 Nov 2001
Test # 1567
KC Sangakkara
3
3
-
3
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
27 Dec 2001
Test # 1581
A Flower
3
3
-
1
Zimbabwe
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
27 Dec 2001
Test # 1581
KC Sangakkara
3
2
1
1
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Kandy
04 Jan 2002
Test # 1583
HAPW Jayawardene
3
2
1
4
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
28 Jul 2002
Test # 1611
KC Sangakkara
3
2
1
4
Sri Lanka
v England
Kandy
10 Dec 2003
Test # 1672
KC Sangakkara
3
2
1
1
Sri Lanka
v Australia
Galle
08 Mar 2004
Test # 1685
AC Gilchrist
3
3
-
2
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Kandy
16 Mar 2004
Test # 1688
AC Gilchrist
3
3
-
4
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Kandy
16 Mar 2004
Test # 1688
KC Sangakkara
3
2
1
3
Sri Lanka
v Australia
Kandy
16 Mar 2004
Test # 1688
RS Kaluwitharana
3
3
-
2
Sri Lanka
v South Africa
Galle
04 Aug 2004
Test # 1709
MV Boucher
3
2
1
1
South Africa
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
11 Aug 2004
Test # 1710
D Ramdin
3
3
-
1
West Indies
v Sri Lanka
Kandy
22 Jul 2005
Test # 1757
KC Sangakkara
3
2
1
3
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Colombo (RPS)
12 Sep 2005
Test # 1764
HAPW Jayawardene
3
2
1
1
Sri Lanka
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
27 Jul 2006
Test # 1810
MJ Prior
3
3
-
1
England
v Sri Lanka
Kandy
01 Dec 2007
Test # 1851
HAPW Jayawardene
3
2
1
2
Sri Lanka
v England
Kandy
01 Dec 2007
Test # 1851
MJ Prior
3
3
-
2
England
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
09 Dec 2007
Test # 1853
HAPW Jayawardene
3
2
1
1
Sri Lanka
v India
Galle
31 Jul 2008
Test # 1884
PA Patel
3
2
1
2
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (PSS)
08 Aug 2008
Test # 1886
HAPW Jayawardene
3
1
2
1
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (PSS)
08 Aug 2008
Test # 1886
Kamran Akmal
3
3
-
3
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Galle
04 Jul 2009
Test # 1921
TM Dilshan
3
3
-
1
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Colombo (PSS)
12 Jul 2009
Test # 1924
BJ Haddin
3
3
-
1
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Pallekele
08 Sep 2011
Test # 2007
BJ Haddin
3
3
-
3
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Pallekele
08 Sep 2011
Test # 2007
BJ Haddin
3
3
-
2
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
16 Sep 2011
Test # 2008
HAPW Jayawardene
3
3
-
1
Sri Lanka
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
16 Sep 2011
Test # 2008
MJ Prior
3
3
-
1
England
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (PSS)
03 Apr 2012
Test # 2039
Adnan Akmal
3
1
2
1
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Galle
22 Jun 2012
Test # 2046
HAPW Jayawardene
3
3
-
2
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Galle
22 Jun 2012
Test # 2046
HAPW Jayawardene
3
3
-
1
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Pallekele
08 Jul 2012
Test # 2048
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