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
