Previous India captain and leg-spinner Anil Kumble ended up being just the 2nd bowler in the history of Test cricket on this day in 1999 to declare all 10 wickets in an innings. Kumble equated to the task attained by Englishman Jim Laker prior to him as he went through arch-rivals Pakistan is an unforgettable Test match at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.
It was on this day, 24 years earlier, when previous India spinner Anil Kumble sprung his magic versus Pakistan to take all 10 wickets in a single Test innings. He accomplished the task versus Pakistan at the arena, now called Arun Jaitley cricket arena in Delhi throughout the 2nd Test of the two-match series.
India had actually set Pakistan a target of 420 runs in the match and the visitors left to a stable start as openers Shahid Afridi and Saeed Anwar placed on 101 runs for the very first wicket. It was then Kumble who entered the attack and ruined the Pakistani batting line-up.
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The leg-spinner, likewise referred to as ‘Jumbo’ very first dismissed Afridi (41) in the 25th over. After the right-handed batter’s termination, India kept taking wickets through Kumble, and Pakistan was lowered to 128/6 in no time. Kumble then kept taking wickets at routine periods and he got his tenth scalp in the 61st over after dismissing Wasim Akram.
This effort made it possible for India to sign up a win by 212 runs, and Kumble ended up being the 2nd bowler after England’s Jim Laker to take all 10 wickets in a single Test inning. Kumble ended up with bowling figures of 10/74 from 26.3 overs. A legend of the video game, Kumble had actually revealed his retirement from global cricket in 2008.
He ended up with 619 wickets in the longest format of the game.He has the third-highest variety of wickets (619) in Tests, just behind Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Australia’s Shane Warne (708 ). New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel had actually ended up being the 3rd bowler to choose all 10 wickets in a single Test innings and he accomplished the accomplishment versus India at the Wankhede Stadium.
(with ANI inputs)