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Anil Kumble record vs Bangladesh in Test Cricket: The greatest match winner in the history of Indian cricket and the legendary leg spinner who has taken the most wickets for India in international cricket, Anil Kumble has many such records in his name, which do not seem possible to break. Kumble, popularly known as ‘Jumbo’, spread the magic of his spin in every corner of the world and against every big team. But do you know that there is a team in Test cricket against which Kumble played and took many wickets, but he could never achieve the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings. Let us know…
Anil Kumble made the opposing batsmen dance on his fingers during his illustrious Test career. He achieved the feat of taking 5 or more wickets in an innings a total of 35 times in Test cricket. Apart from this, he also achieved the feat of taking 10 or more wickets in a match 8 times, which also includes the historic 10 wickets in an innings against Pakistan.
If we look at the statistics, Anil Kumble liked bowling against Australia the most. He took 5 wickets in an innings a maximum of 10 times against the Kangaroo team. Kumble took a record 111 wickets in 20 matches against Australia, in which his best performance was 8 wickets for 141 runs. After Australia, he opened his ‘claw’ against Pakistan the most number of times – 5 times.
If we look at average and strike rate, Anil Kumble’s most lethal and best record was against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Against Zimbabwe, he took 38 wickets in just 7 matches at an excellent average of 22.60. Here his strike rate was 58.4. Even though he could not take 5 wickets here, his average here in terms of restricting runs and taking wickets was the best at 16.53.
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Apart from all this, Bangladesh is that team against which Anil Kumble could never open his claws. Anil Kumble played a total of 4 test matches against Bangladesh in his career. Bowling in 6 innings of these 4 matches, he took 15 wickets at an excellent average of 16.53. During this period, his economy rate was 3.05 and his best performance was 4 wickets for 55 runs (4/55) in an innings.
Anil Kumble is the bowler for India taking the highest number of 953 wickets in international cricket across all formats. No other Indian bowler has been able to touch the figure of 900 wickets. Kumble remained the backbone of the Indian bowling attack for almost two decades, from 1990 to 2008. With his precise line-length and magical spin, he forced the world’s greatest batsmen to kneel. Kumble has tremendous figures in Tests.
Kumble played 132 Test matches for India, in which he got a chance to bowl in 236 innings. He took a total of 619 wickets in his Test career. He is the highest wicket taker for India in Test history. He bowled 6808.2 overs in his career, out of which 1576 overs were maidens. During this, he gave runs at an excellent economy of 2.69. His bowling average in Tests was 29.65, while his strike rate was 65.9, meaning he got a wicket on every 66th ball.
