Cricket is a game which can test the fitness of a player. Apart from batting and bowling, fielding is also very important for the game. Catches and saving few runs at the boundary can help winning the games. Here is the list of best fielders of all time.
1. Jonty Rhodes:
Jonathan Neil Rhodes’s date of birth is 27th July 1969. He is a South-African former cricketer, and currently he’s a professional cricket commentator. He served his national team from 1992 to 2003. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman. He has 34 and 105 catches in tests and ODIs, respectively. Additionally, he holds the record of first South-African player to take 100 ODI catches. He is regarded as the King of cricket in fielding. His skills in the backward point makes him a dangerous fielder for any batsman. He is known for his physical agility and subconscious mind counter reaction.
2. AB de Villiers:
Abraham Benjamin De Villiers’s date of birth is 17th February 1984. He is a South-African former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He holds a record for most dismissals in a match with 11 catches. his Test debut was on 17th December 2004 Vs. England, and his ODI debut was on 2nd February 2005 Vs. England. He has 222 and 176 catches in Tests and ODIs, respectively. He is often known as the most innovative and destructive batters played the game. He is known for his unorthodox shots and ability to score runs in all the directions of the ground. People called him Mr.360.
3. Ricky Ponting:
Ricky Thomas Ponting’s date of birth is 19th December 1974. He Captained the Australian national team from 2004 to 2011 in Tests and from 2002 to 2011 in ODIs. He is a right-handed batsman. His Test debut was on 8th December 1995 Vs. Sri Lanka and his ODI debut was on 15th February 2012 Vs. South-Africa. He has 195 and 160 catches in Tests and ODIs, respectively. He is a dangerous slip fielder. He was the Cricketer of the Decade 2000. He has 48 wins in 77 tests, and he is one of the most successful Test captains in history.
4. Herschelle Gibbs:
Herschelle Herman Gibbs’s date of birth is 23rd February 1974. He is a South-African former cricketer and a right-handed top-order batsman. His Test debut was on 27th November 1996 Vs. India, and his ODI debut was on 3rd October 1996 Vs. Kenya. He has 94 and 108 catches in tests and ODIs, respectively. He is known for his natural talents and his highest success rate in hitting the stumps. He has 8th highest number of run-outs in ODI games. He has a habit of throwing the ball in air after the catch in celebration. But, sometimes he does that even when he’s not in full control over the ball. He dropped such a catch of Steve Waugh during a World Cup match in 1999 against Australia.
5. Andrew Symonds:
Andrew Symonds’s date of birth is 9th June 1975. He was a right-handed former Australian cricketer. He was an all-rounder. His Test debut was on 8th March 2004 Vs. Sri Lanka, and his ODI debut was on 10th November 1998 Vs. Pakistan. He has 22 and 82 catches in Tests and ODIs, respectively. His best Test bowling figure was 3/50 Vs. South-Africa in 2005, and his best ODI bowling figure was 5/18 Vs. Bangladesh in 2005. He passed away on 14th May 2022 in a car accident. He holds a record, who scored over 5000 runs and taken over 100 wickets in ODI games.
6. Paul Collingwood:
Paul David Collingwood’s date of birth is 26th May 1976. He is a former England player. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler. His Test debut was on 2nd December 2003 Vs. Sri Lanka, and his ODI debut was on 7th June 2001 Vs. Pakistan. He has 96 and 108 catches in Tests and ODIs, respectively. At his time, he was considered as one of the finest and fittest fielders. He used to field at backward point or at third or at fourth slip in tests. He became the first captain of England to make a three-times Ashes winner.
7. Ravindra Jadeja:
Ravindrasinh Anirudsinh Jadeja’s date of birth is 6th December 1988. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm spinner. He is one of the best all-rounders in world playing for the Indian national team. His Test debut was on 13th December 2012 vs. England, and his ODI debut was on 8th February 2009 Vs. Sri Lanka. He is also known for his excellent fielding efforts. He has 39 and 60 catches on Tests and ODIs, respectively. He received Madhavrao Scindia Award for most wickets in Ranji Trophy tournament in 2008 to 2009. He was also ranked at 1st place in the ICC Top 10 Test all-rounders, 2021.
8. Steve Smith:
Steven Peter Devereux Smith’s date of birth is 2nd June 1989. He is regarded as one of the greatest Test batsmen because of his Test batting average. He is a right-handed Australian cricketer. His Test debut was on 13th July 2010 Vs. Pakistan, and his ODI debut was on 19th February 2010 Vs. West-Indies. His test batting average is 60. he introduced himself in cricket as a right-arm leg spinner and later became a primary batsman. He is popular of his ‘superhuman’ fielding efforts. He has 141 and 76 catches in Tests and ODIs, respectively.
9. Suresh Raina:
Suresh Raina’s date of birth in 27rh November 1986. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman, and a part time right-arm off-spinner. His Test debut was on 26th July 2010 Vs. Sri Lanka, and his ODI debut was on 30th July 2005 Vs. Sri Lanka. He is an aggressive middle order batsman and saw rewards in T20s than in ODIs and Tests. He is a shar fielder. He has the highest number of catches in the IPL with 107 catches. he is also the highest run scorer in the powerplay in an IPL match.
10. Faf du Plessis:
Francois du Plessis’s date of birth is 1984. He is a right-handed top-order batsman of the South-African national team. His Test debut was on 23rd November 2012 Vs. Australia, and his ODI debut was on 18th January 2011 Vs. India. He is not just a brilliant batsman but, also a brilliant and gun fielder. He holds a record for having a century in a debut test match against Australia in 2012 at Adelaide Oval. He has 63 and 81 catches in Tests and ODIs, respectively.
