Former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble holds various unique records in the bowling department. Kumble is considered as the greatest Indian spinner of all time where he is widely known for his deadly leg-spin (leg-break googly).
List of Records Scripted by Anil Kumble
Most Test and international wickets by an Indian
Anil Kumble’s 337 wickets in 271 ODIs is still an unbeatable glory. Kumble also has 619 Test wickets in 132 games the most by any Indian bowler and overall third-most in the world.
Most International Wickets
1347 – Muttiah Muralitharan
1001 – Shane Warne
956 – Anil Kumble
949 – Glenn McGrath
916 – Wasim Akram
Most Test wickets for India
619 – Anil Kumble
434 – Kapil Dev
417 – Harbhajan Singh
365 – R Ashwin
311 – Zaheer Khan
Claimed 10 wickets in a Test innings
Anil Kumble took 10 wickets for 74 runs in the second innings of the Delhi Test against Pakistan back in 1999 – only the second bowler after England’s Jim Laker to take 10 wickets in an innings of a Test.
Bowlers to take 10 wickets in an innings of a Test
10/53 – Jim Laker (ENG) vs AUS at Manchester, 1956
10/74 – Anil Kumble (IND) vs PAK at Delhi, 1999
Most ODI wickets by an Indian
With 334 wickets Anil Kumble is the all-time leading wicket-taker for India in ODI cricket. Kumble also holds a unique record as he has claimed the most ODI wickets for India at a particular venue. This happens to be 56 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, where he played 40 ODIs and has a bowling average of 27.05.
Most ODI wickets for India
334 – Anil Kumble
315 – Javagal Srinath
288 – Ajit Agarkar
269 – Zaheer Khan
265 – Harbhajan Singh
Incidentally, he also finished with the most wickets in the format in a calendar year, of 61, in 1996.
Most ODI wickets for India in a calendar year –
61 – Anil Kumble, 1996
58 – Ajit Agarkar, 1998
52 – Ravindra Jadeja, 2013
47 – Irfan Pathan, 2004
46 – Venkatesh Prasad, 1999
Most balls bowled in Test cricket
In another unique feat, Kumble holds the record of bowling the most balls in Test career for India. He has bowled a total of 40,850 deliveries in his Test career, which is also the second in the format overall. Muralitharan (44,039) leads the show.
44039 – Muttiah Muralitharan
40850 – Anil Kumble
40705 – Shane Warne
32779 – James Anderson
30019 – Courtney Walsh
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