
Mohammad Rizwan has become one of today’s great wicketkeeper-batters in modern cricket with brilliant performances for good against South Africa in the tri-series. Although he came into international cricket late compared to most, Rizwan’s rise is meteoric since he now leads the list with the highest average among wicketkeeper-batters having scored over 6,000 runs in all formats. He averages 45.54 better than greats like MS Dhoni, Kumar Sangakkara and Quinton de Kock.
Here is the Top list of Wicket Keeper-Batters by average:
Player | Team | Innings | Runs | Average |
Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 200 | 7333 | 45.54 |
MS Dhoni | India | 526 | 17266 | 44.96 |
Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 474 | 17840 | 41.87 |
Andy Flower | Zimbabwe | 283 | 10249 | 40.83 |
Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 331 | 12588 | 40.73 |