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Anil Kumble (born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian international cricketer and captain. A right-arm-leg spin (leg break googly), Kumble has taken 619 wickets in test cricket. By 2015, Kumble was the third such cricketer to get the most wickets. Only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne has taken more wickets than him.
Unlike his contemporary cricketers, Kumble bowled low on the ball. His trust was more on speed and line. Because of the art of bouncing the ball of Kumble used to keep in the right direction, he kept the batsman in trouble. Kumble is also called 'Jumbo'. This word is taken from a jumbo jet. His ball is also sharp as a spinner.

Kumble was selected in the Indian Cricketer of the Year in 1993. Three years later he was selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year.

Family

Born in Bangalore, Kumble became interested in cricket from an early age. He was very busy watching the game of cricketers like BS Chandrasekhar. His parents' names are Saroja and Krishna Swami. Apart from Anil Kumble, his brother Dinesh Kumble is in the family. Kumble got married to Chetna Kumble. With whom he has two children, son Mayas Kumble, and daughter Swathi Kumble. His daughter Aruni Kumble, is from the earlier marriage of his wife Chetna Kumble. Kumble is a graduate and a mechanical engineer.

Career

Kumble started his first-class cricket career at the age of 19 while leading Karnataka. He was soon made part of the Indian team against England for the Australia-Asia Cup in 1990. Since then, Kumble has led the Indian Test team in more than 132 matches. He was also the main reason for the victory of the Indian team.

Kumble became part of the Indian ODI team in 1990. 1996 was a successful year for Kumble. He was selected for the World Cup and was the best player of the year. He hit 15 wickets, playing 7 matches. In the 1999 innings of one Test match, Kumble dismissed all the players of Pakistan. Apart from them, there is only cricketers who made this record. HIs name was Jim Lekar.

Award

Kumble was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2005. This is the fourth most civilian honor of India. After playing 18 years, Kumble announced his retirement from international cricket in 2008. In 2012, Kumble became the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Committee.

Between 2012 and 2015, Kumble became the chief mentor of the IPL teams Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. In February of 2015, he was given a place in the ICC Hall of Fame. He is the fourth such Indian cricketer who has succeeded in finding this place.

He was awarded Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 1995. Kumble was among 16 creickers chosen for Wisden Indian Cricketer of the 20th Century.