Player's Profile

Name                : Anil Kumble

Age                   : 29

Date of Birth     : 17-10-1970

Place of Birth    : Bangalore

Pet/Nickname    :Jumbo

Debut                : vs Sri Lanka  at Sharjah in 1989-90

Batting Style      : Right Handed Batsman

Bowling Style    : Right arm Legbreak

PROFILE: An unorthodox leg spinner,he is one of the top legspinners in the world,along with Warne and Mushtaq.Unlike the other two, he is not a bigger spinner of the cricket ball.Accuracy is his forte.Bowls a combination of topspinners,googlies and the flippers,and has been a consistent match-winner for India.Became only the second player in Test cricket to claim all the ten wickets in an innings.Till recently was the only spinner to have 200 wickets in both forms of cricket. He is also the highest wicket-taker for India in one day internationals. He has been sidelined by a niggling shoulder injury recently.
 
 

 
Batting
 
 
Year 1999
One Day Internationals
World Cup
Matches
29
 208
 14
Innings
13
 102
 6
Runs
42
 732
 37
Averages
5.26
10.76
 12.33
Hundreds
0
 0
 0
Fifties
0
 0
 0
Not Outs
5
 34
 3
Highest
7
 26
 17
Strike Rate in 1999=46 runs/100 balls
 
Bowling :
 
 
Year 1999
One Day Internationals
World Cups
Matches
29
 208
14 
Overs
257
 1339
 137
Runs
1183
 7822
 509
Wickets
34
 274
 23
Averages
34.79
 28.55
 22.13
Best
4\23
 6/12
 3/29
4w/innings
1
 6
 0
5w/innings
0
 2
 0
Economy
4.60
 4.20
 3.7
 
as on 1 st January 2001
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