On this day (February 7) in 1999, former India spinner Anil Kumble created history by becoming the second cricketer to achieve the milestone of picking up all 10 wickets in an innings.
Kumble claimed all 10 wickets in the second innings of the second Test against Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium (Now Arun Jaitely Stadium) in New Delhi. His figure of 10/74 helped India bowl out Pakistan for 207 and win the Test match by 212 runs.
On the 23rd anniversary of the historic day, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh took to Twitter and jokingly called Kumble 'greedy'. Harbhajan wrote that the ex-India captain is very greedy as he took all 10 wickets and didn't let him pick even 1.
"What a day it was. @anilkumble1074 aap bhut greedy ho 10 k 10 le leya. mujhe 1 to lene dete.. Proud of u Anil Bhai," tweeted Harbhajan.
Kumble took the tweet sportingly and thanked his ex-teammate. "Thanks, Bhajju," wrote the leg-spinner in reply.
Interestingly, Pakistan, chasing a score of 420, had not lost a single wicket after a score of 101 runs. Openers Saeed Anwar and Shahid Afridi gave their team a good start by scoring 41 and 69 runs respectively.
However, the visitors soon lost six wickets for 27 runs after the first-wicket partnership was broken. From 101/0 to 128/6, Pakistan were pushed on the back foot and it was a matter of time before Kumble bagged all the remaining wickets.
