Tim Paine inspired this post https://abn397.wordpress.com/2018/03/31/wicket-keepers-who-captained-in-tests/ which deserves a follow-up for other formats.
Wicket keepers who captained in ODIs:
(This is as on 31 March 2018 and does not include matches involving multinational sides such as World XI, Asia XI and Africa XI).
MS Dhoni is far ahead of anyone else. The runner-up in Tests, Mushfiqur Rahim is somewhat further down here.
As in Tests, there are some “hybrids” who did not keep wickets in all their matches. They include:
KC Sangakkara: kept wickets in all his 45 matches as captain (though he did not keep while captaining in Tests).
AJ Stewart: captained in 41 ODIs, 39 while keeping and 2 when not keeping.
AB de Villiers: captained in 103 ODIs, 30 as keeper and 73 as non-keeper.
LD Chandimal: captained in 7 ODIs but was not keeper in any.
R Dravid: captained in 79 ODIs, 5 as keeper and 74 as non-keeper.
(This list is not exhaustive).
We may see Australia’s new keeper-captain TD Paine here soon. Gilchrist and Healy from Australia are already there.
Now for T20Is:
Wicket keepers who captained in T20Is:
(This is as on 31 March 2018 and does not include matches involving multinational sides such as the World XI).
MS Dhoni is again head and shoulders above everyone else. His Test runner-up Mushfiqur Rahim is runner-up here, unlike in ODIs.
A few curiosities:
KC Sangakkara captained in 22 T20Is and was keeper in all of them (unlike in his Test captaincy where he never kept).
AB de Villiers captained in 18 T20Is, 11 as keeper and 7 as non-keeper.
LD Chandimal captained in 26 T20Is, 10 as keeper and 16 as non-keeper.
(This list is not exhaustive).
And Australia’s Paine is set to join his compatriots Gilchrist and Haddin on this list.
abn397 