When Rahul Dravid [Images] snapped up Salman Butt [Images] in first slip off the bowling of Anil Kumble, it provided the 50th instance for 'c Dravid b Kumble' entry to appear in a Test scorecard. The Kumble-Dravid pair became only the third bowler-fielder combination to be involved in 50 dismissals.
The following table lists the leading bowler-fielder combination in Test matches:
Cts | Bowler | Fielder | For | Mts |
63 | M Muralitharan | Mahela Jayawardene [Images] | SL | 78 |
51 | SK Warne | Mark Taylor | Aus | 66 |
50 | Anil Kumble | Rahul Dravid | Ind | 95 |
39 | Lance Gibbs | Gary Sobers | WI | 60 |
39 | Shane Warne [Images] | Matthew Hayden [Images] | Aus | 69 |
39 | Shane Warne | Mark Waugh [Images] | Aus | 103 |
Pakistan's tour of India 2007