Anil Kumble Biodata

Awards

Arjuna award, a sports award from the Government of India, in 1995

One of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, in 1996

Among the 16 cricketers shortlisted for the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the 20th Century, in 2002

Padma Shri, a civilian award from the Government of India, in 2005

A prominent intersection in M. G. Road, Bangalore has been named after Anil Kumble

Best breakthrough performance IPL 2009’ for his five-for-five against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2009

Man of the Series awards

Test cricket

England in India Test Series in 1992/93 16 Runs

New Zealand in India Test Series in 1999/00 39 Runs

Zimbabwe in India Test Series in 2001/02 47 Runs

Sri Lanka in India Test Series in 2005/06 67 Runs

ODI cricket

Sahara Friendship Cup (Pakistan v/s India) in 1996 26 Runs

Man of the Match awards

Test cricket

Sri Lanka at KD Singh Babu, Lucknow in 1993/94

Pakistan at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi in 1998/99

New Zealand in Green Park, Kanpur in 1999/00

England at Mohali, Chandigarh in 2001/02

Zimbabwe at VCA, Nagpur 2001/02

Australia at Chepauk, Chennai in 2004/05

Sri Lanka ar Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi in 2005/06

England at Mohali, Chandigarh in 2005/06

England at The Oval, England in 2006/07

Pakistan at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi in 2007/08

ODI cricket

England at Headingley, Leeds in 1990

West Indies at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 1993/94

New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington in 1993/94

South Africa at Wankhede, Mumbai in 1996/97

Bangladesh at Wankhede, Mumbai in 1998

Kenya at Gymkhana, Nairobi in 2001/02

Early career

Kumble's first-class debut for Karnataka against Hyderabad on 30 November 1989, taking 4 wickets and bagging a pair. He was then selected for India Under-19s against Pakistan Under-19s, scoring 113 in the first test and 76 in the second. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in the Austral-Asia Cup on 25 April 1990. Anil's Test debut came in the same year when India toured England for a three-test series. It was the second test of the series played at Manchester and he picked up 3 wickets conceding 105 runs in the first innings and went wicket less in the second innings of the match which resulted in a draw. Kumble picked up seven wickets for 165 runs in the third Test of the series played at Mumbai as India went on to win the match by an innings and 15 runs.

He was adjudged man of the match for his performance. On 27 November 1993, he take six wickets for 12 runs in an ODI against the West Indies at Eden Gardens, Calcutta in the final of the Hero Cup, which still remains an Indian record. In January 1994, when Sri Lanka toured India Kumble picked up his first 10 wicket haul in his 14th match which ensured India's victory by an innings and 119 runs. He picked up 11 wickets for 128 runs in the match.

World Cup 1996

Kumble was the leading wicket taker in the year 1996, In this year he proved to be extremely successful for Kumble as he claimed 61 ODI wickets at an average of 20.24. All in all, he was the leading wicket taker in the calendar year with 90 wickets at an average of 24.14 in Tests and ODIs combined. Kumble was selected in the Indian side for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. He was a part of all the seven matches that India played. Kumble was the leading wicket taker in the tournament with 15 wickets at an average of 18.73. India played their first match against Kenya where Kumble took three for 28 runs, which helped restricting Kenya for just 199/6 in their 50 overs.

India won the match comfortably by seven wickets. In the subsequent matches he picked up three for 35 runs against West Indies and two wickets for 39 runs against Sri Lanka in group phase. Kumble picked up 3 for 48 in the match which India eventually won. In the semi final they subsequently lost to Sri Lanka in which Kumble's performance was 1 for 51.

IPL career

Anil Kumble agreed to honour his contract with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise of the Indian Premier League after retirement. He was given a three-year contract worth US$ 500,000 per year in the first round of bidding in 2008. On 18 April 2009 he took a five-wicket haul conceding just 5 runs against the defending champions Rajasthan Royals, which helped RCB get a 75-run victory in the second match of the 2009 edition, played in South Africa. After the departure of Kevin Pietersen for England's cricket commitments, 'Kumble was named as the captain of the Royal Challengers'.

On 23 May 2009 his team defeated the Chennai Super Kings by six wickets and got a spot in the final against the Deccan Chargers, who along with Bangalore were the two least successful teams in last year's edition. Though RCB could not win the tournament, Kumble ended as the most successful spin bowler and the 2nd highest wicket-taker of the tournament with 21 wickets at an economy rate of 5.86 runs per over behind Rudra Pratap Singh. After his retirement from IPL as a player, RCB appointed him as the chief mentor for the team. Kumble left that position in January 2013.