From 1990 to 2010, India cricket produced several matc🐲h-winning batsmen who amassed million runs cumulatively in international cricket, across all formats.
The Indian team was blessed to have the services of its ‘Fab four’ – Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. With the likes of Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh blossoming ♓into quality batsmen, Indian team turned out to be a batting powerhouse.
However, the vast 𓃲contributions of India’s batting stalwart often eclipsed the single-handed match-winning abilities of Anil Kumble.
Since making his debut against England in 19♑90, Kumble ended up as giant of the game, with 956 international wickets to his name.
The leg-spinner from Karnataka became the third-highest w𒉰icket-taker in Test cricket; remains the 🔯highest-wicket taker for India thus far.
In 1999, Kumble became only 🧜the second cricketer to clinch all ten wickets in an innings, after Jim Laker. Kumble picked all ten Pakistani wicket🐼s during the Ferozshah Kotla Test match.
Now, former Indian speedster Ashish Neꦯhra was handed the uphill task of picking the biggest match-winner for Indไia with the ball.
There, he had൩ no hesitation in picking the Karnataka legend as th🦩e biggest match-winner produced by India with the ball.
“First time I saw him was on television only when Anil Kumble was playing for India. He had those huge glasses, but as you keep on playing your f🐽ace, mannerisms and style keeps changing every 5-6 years. But I would definitely agree that with the ball, he was India𝕴’s biggest match-winner,” Nehra said on Star Sports’ show ‘Cricket Connected’.
In the same chat show, ex-Australia pacer, Brett Lee, chimed in with his take on Kumble after watching him for the fir𒅌st time.
“When he first started playing cricket, a bit like [Daniel] Vettori wꦗith the glasses on, a bit like a university student with the look with the glasses. He looked a bit shy and timid but 619 wickets later, 130-odd Tests, a legend of the game but a legend of a guy,” Lee said.
