Jumbo, as he is fondly called is perhaps India’s greatest ever match winner. Tall and lean built; Kumble was not the quintessential spinner. He did not produce any magic from the surface ...
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Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 132 | 173 | 31 | 2506 | 110 | 17.65 | 6455 | 38.82 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 302 | 9 |
| ODI | 271 | 136 | 47 | 938 | 26 | 10.54 | 1536 | 61.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 6 |
| IPL | 42 | 17 | 14 | 35 | 8 | 11.67 | 47 | 74.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 132 | 236 | 40850 | 18355 | 619 | 74/10 | 149/14 | 2.7 | 29.65 | 65.99 | 35 | 8 |
| ODI | 271 | 265 | 14496 | 10412 | 337 | 12/6 | 12/6 | 4.31 | 30.9 | 43.01 | 2 | 0 |
| IPL | 42 | 42 | 965 | 1058 | 45 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 6.58 | 23.51 | 21.44 | 1 | 0 |
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Jumbo, as he is fondly called is perhaps India’s greatest ever match winner. Tall and lean built; Kumble was not the quintessential spinner. He did not produce any magic from the surface like Shane Warne did or created ripples around the batsmen as the wily old fox, Muralitharan did. Yet he ended up 619 Test wickets, just third to the duo of Warne and Murali and in the process gained enormous goodwill amongst fans and his fellow teammates.
Kumble did have one thing in his favour, he was a hard-worker and his tough as nails attitude towards the game stood positively. Anil did not have the greatest of starts to his career, a few fleeting appearances in the Australasia Cup in 1990 and the subsequent ODI series in England gave an early indication of his accuracy. He was surprisingly ignored for the consequent Australian tour and the 1992 World Cup.
The season opening Irani trophy match in 1992 though was an eye-opener. Kumble singlehandedly delivered a handsome victory for Rest of India by taking 13/138, also paving the way for his inclusion for the twin tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Kumble impressed in the Test series against South Africa, picking up 18 wickets in four Tests. The subsequent home series against England though put Kumble firmly as the lead Indian spinner. Kumble grabbed 21 wickets in the 3-match series as India whitewashed the visitors by a 3-0 margin.
There was no looking back then as Anil continued to haunt the opponents with his variations. The flipper and the googly were his most potent skills, while the yorkers led many a tail-enders to their doom. AS years progressed, Kumble added the top-spinner and the slider to his arsenal, making him a formidable bowler to face. Quicker through the air and metronomic in his line and length, Kumble turned out to be a captain’s delight.
Despite his outstanding record, there were snide remarks that Kumble was nothing more than just a home track bully, suited to demolish the opponents on dust bowls. While the accusations were just a figment of truth, Kumble’s overseas record did help them to sustain the theory. As years progressed, Kumble put them to bed as he led India to victory across continents, from Rawalpindi to Adelaide, from Jamaica to Johannesburg and from Wellington to Nottingham.
Kumble’s moment of glory was definitely the Delhi Test against Pakistan in early 1999. In his favorite hunting ground, Kumble ran through the entire Pakistani batting line-up to finish with amazing figures of 10/74, only the second bowler after Englishman, Jim Laker to have taken all the ten wickets in an innings. Wisden Almanac, the bible of cricket rated the performance as the second best all-time bowling performance in the history of the game.
Kumble rapidly became one of the go to guy in the Indian dressing room and was also involved in the negotiations with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) when player contracts were introduced for the first time in Indian cricket. Kumble ended his ODI career after India’s disappointing exit during the 2007 World Cup, held in the Caribbean Islands. His ODI exploits were no less to that of Test cricket, and he ended up with 337 wickets in the shorter form of the game. His figures of 6/12 against West Indies in the Hero Cup in 1993 still remain as the best ever individual performance by an Indian bowler.
Kumble was named as the captain of the Indian Test team following the resignation of Rahul Dravid in 2007. He led India to a series victory against arch-rivals, Pakistan and was praised for his diplomatic handling of crises moments during India’s tour of Australia in 2007-08, particularly the ‘monkeygate’ scandal. A lean period though followed, during India’s tour to Sri Lanka, where he was well below par and the subsequent home series against Australia in October, 2008. Kumble announced his retirement from international cricket mid-way through the 3rd Test of that series in Delhi.
Bangalore honored its most famous son by renaming the ‘Oriental Circle’ (just behind the M Chinnaswamy stadium) after the legendary bowler. Kumble was also a part of the Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League and took over as the captain of the team mid-way through the 2nd season. His captaincy turned out to be a major boost for the struggling franchise as they made it to the finals that season.
Kumble announced his retirement from all forms of the game ahead of the 2011 IPL auctions and was immediately named as the mentor of the Bangalore franchise. Under his mentorship, Bangalore finished as the runners-up in the 2011 edition of the IPL. In 2013, Kumble resigned as the mentor of the Bangalore franchise and took over in the same role for Mumbai.
Kumble is also associated with a company called ‘Tenvic’ which handles sports management. In 2010, Kumble contested for the post of the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and comfortably beat Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, scion of the Mysore Royal family, by a margin of 33 votes. He also held the post of the chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA). However, he chose not to contest the 2013 KSCA elections.
In October 2012, Kumble was appointed as the new chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee. In June 2016 then, as per the recommendation of BCCI's three-member advisory committee, Kumble was appointed as the head coach of the Indian set-up.
Kumble did have one thing in his favour, he was a hard-worker and his tough as nails attitude towards the game stood positively. Anil did not have the greatest of starts to his career, a few fleeting appearances in the Australasia Cup in 1990 and the subsequent ODI series in England gave an early indication of his accuracy. He was surprisingly ignored for the consequent Australian tour and the 1992 World Cup.
The season opening Irani trophy match in 1992 though was an eye-opener. Kumble singlehandedly delivered a handsome victory for Rest of India by taking 13/138, also paving the way for his inclusion for the twin tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Kumble impressed in the Test series against South Africa, picking up 18 wickets in four Tests. The subsequent home series against England though put Kumble firmly as the lead Indian spinner. Kumble grabbed 21 wickets in the 3-match series as India whitewashed the visitors by a 3-0 margin.
There was no looking back then as Anil continued to haunt the opponents with his variations. The flipper and the googly were his most potent skills, while the yorkers led many a tail-enders to their doom. AS years progressed, Kumble added the top-spinner and the slider to his arsenal, making him a formidable bowler to face. Quicker through the air and metronomic in his line and length, Kumble turned out to be a captain’s delight.
Despite his outstanding record, there were snide remarks that Kumble was nothing more than just a home track bully, suited to demolish the opponents on dust bowls. While the accusations were just a figment of truth, Kumble’s overseas record did help them to sustain the theory. As years progressed, Kumble put them to bed as he led India to victory across continents, from Rawalpindi to Adelaide, from Jamaica to Johannesburg and from Wellington to Nottingham.
Kumble’s moment of glory was definitely the Delhi Test against Pakistan in early 1999. In his favorite hunting ground, Kumble ran through the entire Pakistani batting line-up to finish with amazing figures of 10/74, only the second bowler after Englishman, Jim Laker to have taken all the ten wickets in an innings. Wisden Almanac, the bible of cricket rated the performance as the second best all-time bowling performance in the history of the game.
Kumble rapidly became one of the go to guy in the Indian dressing room and was also involved in the negotiations with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) when player contracts were introduced for the first time in Indian cricket. Kumble ended his ODI career after India’s disappointing exit during the 2007 World Cup, held in the Caribbean Islands. His ODI exploits were no less to that of Test cricket, and he ended up with 337 wickets in the shorter form of the game. His figures of 6/12 against West Indies in the Hero Cup in 1993 still remain as the best ever individual performance by an Indian bowler.
Kumble was named as the captain of the Indian Test team following the resignation of Rahul Dravid in 2007. He led India to a series victory against arch-rivals, Pakistan and was praised for his diplomatic handling of crises moments during India’s tour of Australia in 2007-08, particularly the ‘monkeygate’ scandal. A lean period though followed, during India’s tour to Sri Lanka, where he was well below par and the subsequent home series against Australia in October, 2008. Kumble announced his retirement from international cricket mid-way through the 3rd Test of that series in Delhi.
Bangalore honored its most famous son by renaming the ‘Oriental Circle’ (just behind the M Chinnaswamy stadium) after the legendary bowler. Kumble was also a part of the Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League and took over as the captain of the team mid-way through the 2nd season. His captaincy turned out to be a major boost for the struggling franchise as they made it to the finals that season.
Kumble announced his retirement from all forms of the game ahead of the 2011 IPL auctions and was immediately named as the mentor of the Bangalore franchise. Under his mentorship, Bangalore finished as the runners-up in the 2011 edition of the IPL. In 2013, Kumble resigned as the mentor of the Bangalore franchise and took over in the same role for Mumbai.
Kumble is also associated with a company called ‘Tenvic’ which handles sports management. In 2010, Kumble contested for the post of the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and comfortably beat Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, scion of the Mysore Royal family, by a margin of 33 votes. He also held the post of the chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA). However, he chose not to contest the 2013 KSCA elections.
In October 2012, Kumble was appointed as the new chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee. In June 2016 then, as per the recommendation of BCCI's three-member advisory committee, Kumble was appointed as the head coach of the Indian set-up.
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