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Anil Kumble

Personal information
Full name	Anil Kumble
Born	17 October 1970 (1970-10-17) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nickname	Jumbo
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Legbreak googly
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 192)	9 August 1990 v England
Last Test	29 October 2008 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 78)	25 April 1990 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	19 March 2007 v Bermuda
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1989/90–2008/09	Karnataka
2006	Surrey
2000	Leicestershire
1995	Northamptonshire
2008–2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	132	271	244	380
Runs scored	2,506	938	5,572	1,456
Batting average	17.77	10.54	21.68	11.20
100s/50s	1/5	0/0	7/17	0/0
Top score	110*	26	154*	30*
Balls bowled	40,850	14,496	66,931	20,247
Wickets	619	337	1,136	514
Bowling average	29.65	30.89	25.83	27.58
5 wickets in innings	35	2	72	3
10 wickets in match	8	0	20	0
Best bowling	10/74	6/12	10/74	6/12
Catches/stumpings	60/–	85/–	120/–	122/–

Anil Kumble (full name:Anil Radhakrishna Kumble)is a retired Indian cricketer who captained Indian national cricket team for a few matches.Anil Kumble is a right arm leg spin bowler.One of the best bowler in world cricket.

Birth

Anil Kumble was born in Bangalore,Karnataka to Krishnaswamy and Saroja.Anil Kumble has a brother named Dinesh Kumble.Kumble studied his studies in Holy Saint English School.He started playing cricket in streets in Bangalore.Kumble completed B.E in Rashtriya Vidhyalaya College of Engineering in 1991-92.

Cricket

Anil Kumble made his first-class debut against Hyderabad on 30 November 1989 playing for Karnataka. He took 4 wickets in the match.Anil played his debut Test match against England national cricket team.He picked 3 wickets in the second match of the series.Anil picked 18 wickets with the average of 25.94 at the economy rate of 1.84 in the four match series against South Africa in 1992.He picked 21 wickets against the series with England in the same year.In the third match of the series he picked 7 wickets for 165 runs and was awarded the Man of the Match award. On November 27 1993, Kumble picked 6wickets/12 runs against West Indies in the final match of Hero Cup. This record was broke by Stuart Binny against Bangladesh.Kumble picked 15 wickets in 1996 World Cup and became the leading wicket taker in the tournament.He picked 61 wickets in that single year.Anil along with Jim Laker are the persons who picked all the ten wickets in a single Test inning. He achieved this against Pakistan in the year 1999.Kumble had bowled over 40850 balls totally in his international cricket career, stands after Muttiah Muralidharan.

Awards

• Arjuna award, a sports award from the Government of India, in 1995
• One of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, in 1996.
• Among the 16 cricketers shortlisted for the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the 20th Century, in 2002 (Kapil Dev won)
• Padma Shri, a civilian award from the Government of India, in 2005.
• A prominent intersection in M. G. Road, Bengaluru has been named after Anil Kumble.
• ‘Best breakthrough performance IPL 2009’ for his five-for-five against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2009.
• ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, a sports award from the ICC, in 2015.

Images for kids

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  Anil Kumble bowling in the Boxing Day Test Match at Melbourne

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  Kumble bowling in a match against South Africa in 2008.

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  Test career batting performance of Anil Kumble.