"No bowler in history won India more Test matches than Anil Kumble, and there probably hasn't been a harder trier either. Like the great tall wrist spinners Bill O'Reilly and his own idol BS Chandrasekhar, Kumble traded the leg spinner's proverbial yo-yo for a spear, as the ball hacked through the air rather than hanging in it and came off the pitch with a kick rather than a kink. The method provided him stunning success, particularly on Indian soil, where his deliveries burst like packets of water upon the feeblest hint of a crack, and more than one modern-day batsman remarked that there was no more difficult challenge in cricket than handling Kumble on a wearing surface."
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Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble (born October 17, 1970) is a legendary Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm leg spin (leg break googly) bowler. As of 2012, he holds the record for taking 619 wickets in Test cricket and remains the third-highest wicket taker; only behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne. He was captain of the Indian cricket team. His ability to make the ball bounce with subtle variations in pace made him a tough bowler to face for the batsmen which earned him the sobriquet "Jumbo". Kumble was sel
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