Anil Kumble

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anil Kumble
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 17, 1970(1970-10-17)
Age	54
Birthplace	Bengaluru
Country	India
Birth City	Karnataka
Horoscope	Libra

Anil Kumble Biography

Anil Kumble is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on October 17, 1970 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The Cricketer of the Year award was awarded in 1993, he was the third bowler to score 600 wickets in his career, and was his first Indian to achieve this feat. He also scored all of the wickets in the match against Pakistan and joined Jim Laker as the only cricketers to achieve this feat.

He took 619 wickets in his Test career. He retired with the third-highest number, just behind He took a total of 619 Test wickets in his career, retiring with the third-most all time behind only Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan. and Muttiah Muralitharan.

Anil Kumble ( pronunciation (help ·info ) ; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricketer, coach, commentator, who played Tests and ODIs for 18 years. A right-arm leg spin (leg break googly) bowler, he took 619 wickets in Test cricket and remains the third-highest wicket taker of all time (as of 2020, behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne). In 1999 while playing against Pakistan, Kumble dismissed all ten batsmen in a Test match innings, joining England’s Jim Laker as the only players to achieve the feat. Unlike his contemporaries, Kumble was not a big turner of the ball, but relied primarily on pace, bounce, and accuracy. He was nicknamed “Jumbo”. Kumble was selected as the Cricketer of the Year in 1993 Indian Cricket, and one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year three years later.

Kumble made his first-class debut for Karnataka against Hyderabad on 30 November 1989, taking 4 wickets and bagging a pair. He was then selected for India Under-19s against Pakistan Under-19s, scoring 113 in the first test and 76 in the second. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in the Austral-Asia Cup on 25 April 1990. He played one more game in the series against Pakistan and ended up picking two wickets. His Test debut came in the same year when India toured England for a three-test series. It was the second test of the series played at Manchester and he picked up 3 wickets conceding 105 runs in the first innings and went wicket-less in the second innings of the match which resulted in a draw. He did not play any Tests until 1992. Kumble picked up 13/138 in Irani Trophy against Delhi for Rest of India which ensured the latter’s victory. This performance helped him earn a place in the Indian side that toured South Africa and Zimbabwe. It was during the 1992 Indian tour of South Africa that he established himself as a quality spinner, taking eight wickets in the second Test. All in all he took 18 wickets at an average of 25.94 and with an economy rate of 1.84 in the four test series. Later that year, when England toured India, Kumble took 21 wickets in three Tests at an average of 19.8. He picked up seven wickets for 165 runs in the third Test of the series played at Bombay as India went on to win the match by an innings and 15 runs. He was adjudged man of the match for his performance.

He was married to Chethana Ramatheertha on the 29th of November, 1999. The couple has one son called Mayas as well as a daughter called Svasti.

Anil Kumble Net Worth

Anil Kumble is one of the richest Cricket Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anil Kumble 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was captivated by cricket when he was a teenager living in Bangalore as well as making his debut in the Test format at 19.

He was appointed chairman of the International Cricket Council after his retirement in the year 2012.

Kumble is one of only two bowlers ever (the only other being Jim Laker of England in 1956) to have taken all ten wickets in a Test innings, taking 10 for 74. Kumble achieved this against Pakistan in the second Test played in Delhi in February 1999. Although by failing to dismiss Pakistan’s Waqar Younis in either innings, he missed out on the achievement of dismissing all eleven batsmen in a Test match. It has been said that once he had got nine wickets his friend and teammate Javagal Srinath started bowling wide outside the off stump, so that Kumble could take the 10th. The performance was rated by Wisden as the second best “Bowling performance of all time”. The achievement was commemorated by naming a traffic circle in Bengaluru after him, and gifting him a car with the customized license plate: KA-10-N-10. In 1999 he was the third highest wicket taker with 88 wickets at the average of 30.03 behind Glenn Mcgrath and Shane Warne.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Anil Kumble Dating?

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In October 1996, Anil Kumble along with Javagal Srinath helped India to win a scintillating ODI match against Australia in Bangalore in Titan Cup. The duo added 52 runs for 9th wicket partnership, after Sachin Tendulkar got out at 88 when India was 164/8, chasing a target of 216 runs. India eventually went on to win the Titan Cup. In February 1997 India visited the West Indies for a series of five tests and four ODIs. Kumble was part of the squad and he was the leading wicket-taker in the Test series. He picked up 19 wickets, averaging 30.31 with the ball. Kumble was the leading wicket taker by a large margin when Australia visited India for Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1998. He picked up 23 wickets in 3 test matches at the average of 18.26.

Facts & Trivia

Anil Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Anil Kumble celebrates birthday on October 17 of every year.

On 6 October 2004, Kumble became only the third spinner in the history of Test cricket after Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan and the second Indian bowler after Kapil Dev to capture 400 Test wickets. Reaching the mark took him 30 fewer Test matches than it took Kapil Dev, and 7 fewer than Warne. In the India-West Indies series of 2006, Kumble took 6–78 in the second innings of the final Test in Sabina Park, Jamaica, and bowled India to a historic series win; it had been 35 years since a similar series victory. During the first innings of the match, Kumble scored 45 and became the second player in the history of the game after Shane Warne to score 2000 runs and take over 500 Test wickets. Kumble also holds the world record for trapping most batsmen leg before wicket. On 10 December 2004, Kumble became India’s highest wicket taker when he trapped Mohammad Rafique of Bangladesh to surpass Kapil Dev’s haul of 434 wickets.

Who took all 10 wickets in an innings?

Tich Freeman achieved it three times and three other players – W. G. Grace, Hedley Verity and Jim Laker – have done it twice. Laker (in 1956), Anil Kumble (in 1999) and Ajaz Patel (in 2021) have achieved this feat in Test cricket.

Is Anil Kumble an engineer?

Kumble graduated B.E from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) in Mechanical Engineering in 1991–92. He is nicknamed “Jumbo” not only because his deliveries, for a spinner, are “as fast as a jumbo jet”, but also because his feet are quite big or “Jumbo” as observed by his teammates.

Was Anil Kumble a good spinner?

One of the most versatile bowlers of all time, Anil Kumble was one of the greatest spinners to have ever donned the Indian cap. He was a prolific bowler with a knack for picking wickets with consummate ease.

Did Kumble spin the ball?

He didn’t spin the ball like Warne or Muttiah Muralitharan but his unique abilities put him third on the list of highest wicket-takers ever in the longest format.

Has anyone taken 20 wickets in a test match?

Indian pacers take all 20 wickets in a Test for first time. The Johannesburg Test match between India and South Africa was the first instance of India’s pacers taking all 20 wickets in a Test. Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers with seven wickets followed by Mohammad Shami, who took six.