Anil Kumble

1) Anil Kumble was born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on 17 October 1970 to Krishna Swamy and Saroja. Kumble is married to Chethana Kumble, and has two children son Mayas Kumble and daughter Svasti Kumble. His wife Chetna also has a daughter Aaruni Kumble from her first marriage.
2) Anil Kumble was named Jumbo by his teammates not just because Kumble was a tough bowler to face but also because his feet are quite big.
3) Anil Kumble started his carrier as a fast bowler
4) Against West Indies at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens in 1993, Kumble took 6 wickets for only 12 runs. It remains an Indian record, it was broken by Stuart Binny
5) One of only two bowlers ever to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings and only the second player (after Shane Warne) to score 2000 runs and take over 500 Test wickets
6) Anil Kumble held the record for being the fastest Indian bowler to reach 50 test wickets in only 10 test matches before Ravichandran Ashwin broke the record in 9 tests
7) Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1996 Anil Kumble has been an Indian Cricket player and Captain of the Indian Test Cricket team
8) Anil Kumble is the only ever Indian bowler who has taken 5 wickets in a test innings on more than 30 occasions.
9) Anil Kumble made his debut in the One Day International (ODI) Cricket with the Australasia Cup tournament at Sharjah in the year 1989-90, in a match against Sri Lanka. He took 1 wicket in this match, and gave 42 runs
10) Anil Kumble Test Cricket career began with a Test Series against England played at Manchester in August 1990. Kumble took 3 wickets and gave 105 runs in 43 overs out of which 7 were maiden ones
11) Anil Kumble is only the 2nd bowler after England‘s Jim Laker to scalp all 10 wickets in a test innings. The 10 for 74 against Pakistan at the Feroze Shah Kotla in 1998 is hailed as the second best “Bowling performance of all time” by Wisden
12) Anil Kumble has world record in caught and bowled dismissals
13) Anil Kumble led India to Test Series against Pakistan and Australia, in which the National team won by 1-0 and lost by 1-2 respectively
14) Anil Kumble was the leading wicket taker in the 1996 World Cup with a haul of 15 wickets at an average of 18.73.
15) Anil Kumble as a batsman proved that he was a match winner for India by adding 52 runs for the ninth wicket and helping the team chase the target of 216 runs in the 'Titan Cup' against Australia, along with Javagal Srinath in October 1996
16) In 1995, Anil Kumble was honored with the prestigious Arjuna Award from the Government of India for his heroics on the cricket field
17) Anil Kumble completed his pre university college education from National College, Basavanagudi. Kumble secured a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering in 1991-92
18) In 1999, Anil Kumble was the third highest wicket-taker with 88 wickets at the average of 30.03 behind Glenn Mcgrath and Shane Warne
19) On 6 October 2004, Anil Kumble became only the third spinner in the history of Test cricket after Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan and the second Indian bowler after Kapil Dev to capture 400 Test wickets
20) Anil Kumble scored his maiden Test century with an innings of 110 against England in 2007. Kumble took 118 Tests to achieve the feat which is a record
21) Anil Kumble became the first Indian bowler and the third in the world to reach the mark of 600 Test wickets. Kumble also holds the record of taking most number of ODI wickets at a particular venue by an Indian with 56 wickets at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
22) On 11 August 2007, Anil Kumble dismissed Vaughan for his 900th international wicket and 563rd Test wicket, putting him on level with McGrath. Later, Kumle trapped Monty Panesar for an LBW to finish the innings and overtake McGrath in the list of all time wicket takers, only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne have more wickets
23) Anil Kumble has bowled 40,850 balls in his entire Test career, which is second highest after Muttiah Muralitharan's 44,039 balls
24) On 2 November 2008, Anil Kumble announced his retirement from International cricket. Australia's Mitchell Johnson turned out to be the last victim of Kumble while his last delivery was a low full toss that was smacked for a blazing boundary by Matthew Hayden
25) Anil Kumble is also remembered for his tenacity in bowling even when injured, especially after an incident in a match against West Indies where, despite having his broken jaw being heavily taped, Kumble came back and took the wicket of Brian Lara.