Anil Kumble

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Anil Radhakrishna Kumble (Kannada:ಅನಿಲ್‌ ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣ ಕುಂಬ್ಳೆ) (born 17 October 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm leg spin (legbreak googly) bowler and a right-hand batsman. He is currently the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test matches and One Day Internationals. At present he is the third highest wicket-taker in Test cricket and one of only three bowlers to have taken more than 600 Test wickets.

Kumble was appointed the captain of the Indian Test team on 8 November 2007, succeeding his state team mate Rahul Dravid who resigned as the captain in September 2007. He led India to a 1-0 victory in the three-test home series against Pakistan and was the leading wicket-taker for the team on its tour to Australia for the 2007-08 four-test series of The Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Since his debut in international cricket in 25 April, 1990, he has taken over 600 Test wickets and 330 ODI wickets. Although often criticized as not a big turner of the ball, Kumble is the second highest wicket taker among leg spinners in Test cricket behind Shane Warne of Australia and the third of all bowlers after Warne and off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka. He is one of only two bowlers in the history of cricket to have taken all 10 wickets in a test innings, the other being Jim Laker of England. Kumble is currently ranked the 5th best bowler in Tests by the International Cricket Council. He was awarded Padma Shri by Government of India in 2005.