Anil Kumble
| Full Name: | Anil Kumble |
| Date of birth: | 17 / 10 / 1970 |
| Role: | All Rounder |
| Batting style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling style: | Leg break |
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Career summary
- ODI debut v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - April 1990.
- Test debut v England at Old Trafford - August 1990.
- Spinner Kumble was most famous for his googly.
- He took just 10 Test matches to take his first 50 Test wickets, making him the only Indian bowler to do so.
- In November 1993, in a ODI against the West Indies at Calcutta he took 6 wickets for 12 runs, a new record for best bowling figures by an Indian.
- He is one of only two bowlers to take all 10 wickets in a Test match, the other being Jim Laker. He achieved this against Pakistan in the second Test played in New Delhi in February 1999.
- Kumble became India's highest wicket taker when he trapped Mohammad Rafique of Bangladesh in December 2004, to overtake Kapil Dev's haul of 434 wickets.
- He took 24 wickets in just three Test matches when India toured Australia in 2003/04.
- Snared 74 Test wickets in 2004, only Kapil Dev has taken more for India in a calendar year.
- Went past Kapil Dev as India's leading wicket-taker during the Test series against Bangladhes in December 2004.
- Kumble also holds the record for most caught and bowl dismissals in Test cricket.
- Announced his retirement from ODI cricket after India's early exit from the World Cup in 2007.
- Scored his maiden Test century against England in August 2007. In the same match he goes past Glenn McGrath's 563 Test wickets.
- Appointed India Test captain in November 2007 following Rahul Dravid's resignation.
- He became only the third bowler to pick up 600 Test wickets when he dismissed Andrew Symonds in January 2008.
- Ends his career with 619 wickets after calling it a day during the Test series against Australia in November 2008.
July 2009
Test Matches
| Career Span: | 1990-2008 |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Innings: | 173 |
| Not Outs: | 32 |
| Runs: | 2506 |
| Highest Score: | 110 |
| Average: | 17.77 |
| 50s: | 5 |
| 100s: | 1 |
| Ducks: | 17 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 74 |
| Stumped Out: | 6 |
| Innings Bowled: | 236 |
| Overs: | 6805.3 |
| Maidens: | 1572 |
| Runs Conceded: | 18360 |
| Wickets: | 619 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 34 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 29.66 |
| Economy Rate: | 2.7 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 10/74 |
ODI Matches
| Career Span: | 1990-2007 |
| Matches: | 271 |
| Innings: | 136 |
| Not Outs: | 47 |
| Runs: | 939 |
| Highest Score: | 26 |
| Average: | 10.55 |
| 50s: | 0 |
| 100s: | 0 |
| Ducks: | 18 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 34 |
| Stumped Out: | 2 |
| Innings Bowled: | 265 |
| Overs: | 2415.6 |
| Maidens: | 110 |
| Runs Conceded: | 10413 |
| Wickets: | 337 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 2 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 30.9 |
| Economy Rate: | 4.31 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 6/12 |
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