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Anil Kumble: India Test Team Captain Profile

Anil Kumle is 30th Test Captain of Indian cricket team. Kumle nick named as Jumbo has been captain of Indian cricket team for one match during Indian cricket team tour to West Indies as stand by captain. As a matter of honour, a commercial street has been named after Anil Kumble in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Personal and family information about Anil Kumble
Full/complete name: Anil Radhakrishna Kumble (Anil Kumble), Kumble is his village (in Kerala) name
Nick name:Jumbo (speed of his deliveries equal to jumbo jet)
County nick name: Apple
Mother tongue: Kannada
Date of birth (DoB):Born October 17, 1970
Place of birth: Bangalore, Karnataka
Family origin: Kannadiga
Wife/spouse name:Chethana Ramatheertha (Anil Kumble married a widow and set up a high standard).
First cricket club: Young Cricketers, Bangalore
Education (school/college) qualification: Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 1991-92.
Sibling/brother name: Dinesh Kumble
Father’s name: Late Mr. K.N. Krishna Swamy
Mother’s name: Saroja
Personal and professional idol: his father K.N. Krishna Swamy

Professional Information of Anil Kumble:
Major teams: India, ACC Asian XI, Karnataka, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Surrey, Indian XI, World XI
Captaincy Record: Captain of Karnataka Ranji Trophy TeamBowling style: Legbreak googly bowling (right-arm leg spinner with an unorthodox style, most famous for his flipper)
Batting style: Right-hand batting
Test debut (Test match debut): Vs England on August 9-14, 1990 at Manchester (England)
ODI debut (ODI/One Day match debut): Vs Sri Lanka at Sharjah (UAE), Apr 25, 1990 in Australasia Cup
First-class debut: 1989-90 Vs Andhra Pradesh and he took 4 wickets
Retirement date from ODI cricket: Mar 19, 2007
Last ODI Match: Vs Bermuda at Port of Spain, Mar 19, 2007
Twenty20 Debut: Vs Gloucestershire at Bristol, Jul 24, 2006
Major awards Anil Kumble: Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1996

Batting Performance of Anil Kumble
Highest ODI score/runs: 26
Highest Test Match score/runs: unbeaten 110
Centuries/ton in Test Match: 1
Centuries/ton in ODI/One day Match: nil
Half Centuries in Test Match: 9
Half Centuries in ODI/One day Match: nil
Centuries/ton in First class Match: 7
Half Centuries in First class Match: 16
Highest score/runs in List A match: unbeaten 30
Highest score/runs in First class match: unbeaten 154
Highest score/runs in Twenty 20 match: 8
Strike rate in ODI/one day match:61
Strike rate in Test match:39
Strike rate in First class match:

Fielding Performance of Anil Kumble
Catches in ODI/One day match:53
Catch in Test Match: 85
Catch in First class match:112

Bowling Performance of Anil Kumble
Best performance/wickets in an ODI match: 6 wickets for 12 runs against West Indies at Kolkatta (Calcutta)
Best performance/wickets in a Test Match: 10 wickets in an inning Vs Pakistan at Firozshah Kotala Ground, New Delhi (10 wickets for 74 runs)
Best Performance /Highest wicket in Test Match: 14 wickets for 149 runs
Best performance/wickets in First class match: 10 wickets for 74 runs

Total wickets in ODI match: 337
Total Wickets in Test Match: 566
Total Wickets in First class Match: 1072

5 Wickets in ODI/one day match:2
5 Wickets in Test match:33
5 Wickets in First class match:70

10 Wickets in ODI/one day match: nil
10 Wickets in Test match:8
10 Wickets in First class match: 19

Economic rate in ODI/one day match: 4.30
Economic rate in Test match:2.7
Economic rate in First class match:2.6

Major achievement in cricket by Anil Kumble:
He took his first 50 Test wickets in just 10 Test matches, the fastest an Indian bowler had achieved the milestone.
second fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 Test wickets (in 21 Test matches).
The second bolwer in world after Jim Laker to have taken 10 wickets in an innining Vs Pakistan at Firozshah Kotala Ground, New Delhi.
Highest wicket 566 in Test match among Indian bowlers.
Third highest wicket in Test match in the world.
Only one ODI century /ton against England on August 10, 2007.

Man of the Series awards by Anil Kumble
-Man of the Series awards in Test cricket

Vs England in India Test Series 1992/93
Vs New Zealand in India Test Series 1999/00
Vs Zimbabwe in India Test Series 2001/02
Vs Sri Lanka in India Test Series 2005/06

-Man of the Series awards in ODI cricket
Sahara Friendship Cup (Pakistan v/s India) 1996

Man of the Match awards by Anil Kumble

-Man of the Match awards in Test cricket
Vs Sri Lanka KD Singh Babu, Lucknow 1993/94
Vs Pakistan Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi 1998/99
Vs New Zealand Green Park, Lucknow 1999/00
Vs England Mohali, Chandigarh 2001/02
Vs Zimbabwe VCA, Nagpur 2001/02
Vs Australia Chepauk, Chennai 2004/05
Vs Sri Lanka Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi 2005/06
Vs England Mohali, Chandigarh 2005/06
Vs England London, England 2006/07


-Man of the Match awards ODI
Vs England Headingley, Leeds 1990
Vs West Indies Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1993/94
Vs New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington 1993/94
Vs South Africa Wankhede, Mumbai 1996/97
Vs Bangladesh Wankhede, Mumbai 1998
Vs Kenya Gymkhana, Nairobi 2001/02