Stats: The List of Records held by Anil Kumble in International Cricket

Anil Kumble is India's all time leading wicket taker in Test as well as in ODI cricket.

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 26 Apr, 2020

Anil Kumble one of the greatest spinners of all time made his debut for India in 1990 in international cricket. And in a few years from the debut, he became India's one of the most important players, especially at home. Over the years he led India to many great victories. He played his final match for the Indian team in 2008 and in these 18 years he took 619 wickets in Tests and 337 in ODIs which are also the most wickets for India in both formats. And here is a list of records held by Anil Kumble in international cricket.

List of Records held by Anil Kumble in International Cricket -

10 - Anil Kumble took 10 wickets for 74 runs in the second innings of Delhi Test against Pakistan back in 1999 - only the second bowler after England's Jim Laker to take 10 wickets in an innings of a Test.

Bowlers to take 10 wickets in an innings of a Test -

10/53 - Jim Laker (ENG) vs AUS at Manchester, 1956 

10/74 - Anil Kumble (IND) vs PAK at Delhi, 1999 

35 - Anil Kumble took 35 wickets via caught and bowled in Test cricket - the joint-most caught and bowled wickets in Test cricket. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan also took 35 caught and bowled wickets in this format. 

Most Caught and Bowled wickets in Test cricket -

35 - Anil Kumble

35 - Muttiah Muralitharan

21 - Shane Warne

21 - Danial Vettori

20 - Derek Underwood 

35 - Anil Kumble also took 35 five-wicket haul in Test cricket - the most by an Indian and overall fourth-most in the world. He also took 8 ten wickets haul in a Test match. 

Most five wickets in an innings of a Test match -

67 - Muttiah Muralitharan

37 - Shane Warne

36 - Richard Hadlee

35 - Anil Kumble

34 - Rangana Herath 

Most ten wickets haul in a Test match -

22 - Muttiah Muralitharan

10 - Shane Warne

9 - Richard Hadlee / Rangana Herath

8 - Anil Kumble 

61 - Anil Kumble took 61 wickets in ODI cricket in 1996 - the most wickets by an Indian bowler in a calendar year in ODI cricket.

Most ODI wickets for India in a calendar year -

61 - Anil Kumble, 1996

58 - Ajit Agarkar, 1998

52 - Ravindra Jadeja, 2013

47 - Irfan Pathan, 2004

46 - Venkatesh Prasad, 1999 

334 - With 334 wickets Anil Kumble is the all-time leading wicket-taker for India in ODI cricket. 

Most ODI wickets for India -

334 - Anil Kumble

315 - Javagal Srinath

288 - Ajit Agarkar

269 - Zaheer Khan 

265 - Harbhajan Singh 

619 - Anil Kumble took 619 wickets in his 132 Tests career - the most by any Indian bowler and overall third-most in the world.

Most Test wickets for India -

619 - Anil Kumble

434 - Kapil Dev

417 - Harbhajan Singh

365 - R Ashwin 

311 - Zaheer Khan 

956 - Anil Kumble took total of 956 wickets in international cricket - the third most wickets by any bowler in international cricket.

Most International Wickets -

1347 - Muttiah Muralitharan

1001 - Shane Warne

956 - Anil Kumble 

949 - Glenn McGrath

916 - Wasim Akram 

40850 - Anil Kumble bowled a total of 40,850 balls in Test cricket - the second-most after Muttiah Muralitharan.

Most balls bowled in Test cricket -

44039 - Muttiah Muralitharan

40850 - Anil Kumble

40705 - Shane Warne

32779 - James Anderson

30019 - Courtney Walsh 

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 26 Apr, 2020

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