Anil Kumble
Anil Radhakrishna Kumble (born October 17, 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer and member of the Indian cricket team since 1990.
Kumble is a right arm leg spinner. He has an unorthodox style and is most famous for his googly. He started his career as a medium pacer; this has given him a useful faster delivery. He has a good economy rate. He and Javagal Srinath formed the Indian pace-spin duo of the 1990s.
He took his first 50 test wickets in just 10 test matches becoming and still remains the only Indian bowler to do so.
Kumble is one of only two bowlers ever (the other being Jim Laker) and the only spinner to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings.
On 6 October, 2004, Anil Kumble became only the third spinner in the history of test cricket (after Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan) and second Indian bowler (after Kapil Dev) to have captured 400 test wickets. He has also taken over 300 ODI wickets. He is also one of 3 spinners (other two again being Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan) and the only Indian bowler ever to have taken 5 wickets in a test innings 25 times and taken 10 wickets in a match 6 times. His test bowling average of 27.95 is considered to be high compared to other great bowlers although it is better than the bowling average of many great bowlers of the past. He is also one of 4 Indian bowlers to have conceded over 250 runs in a test match although he took 12 wickets in that match. He is known for going on bowling tirelessly once having bowled 72 overs in a test innings.
His Test batting average is a decent 16.54, however his unconvincing running in ODIs, leading to a fairly ordinary average of 10.62, has stopped him from becoming a genuine cricketing all-rounder. His fielding is decent but not outstanding.
Kumble has largely evaded the general public's eye throughout his career, but his work for the Indian cricket team is invaluable. He is perhaps India's best current spinner in a side which is starting to seriously consider fast bowling as a viable attacking option.