This day, That Year: Anil Kumble Became 2nd Bowler to Take all 10 wickets vs Pakistan, WATCH

Former India leg-spinner Anil Kumble achieved the feat against Pakistan at the stadium, now known as Arun Jaitley cricket stadium in Delhi during the second Test of the two-match series.

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Former India captain and leg-spinner Anil Kumble became only the second bowler in the history of Test cricket on this day in 1999 to claim all 10 wickets in an innings. Kumble equalled the feat achieved by Englishman Jim Laker before him as he ran through arch-rivals Pakistan is a memorable Test match at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.

It was on this day, 24 years ago, when former India spinner Anil Kumble sprung his magic against Pakistan to take all ten wickets in a single Test innings. He achieved the feat against Pakistan at the stadium, now known as Arun Jaitley cricket stadium in Delhi during the second Test of the two-match series.

India had set Pakistan a target of 420 runs in the match and the visitors got off to a steady start as openers Shahid Afridi and Saeed Anwar put on 101 runs for the first wicket. It was then Kumble who came into the attack and wreaked havoc on the Pakistani batting line-up.

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__ #OnThisDay in 1999, #TeamIndia legend @anilkumble1074 etched his name in record books, becoming the first Indian cricketer to scalp 1_0_ wickets in a Test innings _ _

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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 7, 2023

The leg-spinner, also known as ‘Jumbo’ first dismissed Afridi (41) in the 25th over. After the right-handed batter’s dismissal, India kept on taking wickets through Kumble, and Pakistan was reduced to 128/6 in no time. Kumble then kept on taking wickets at regular intervals and he got his tenth scalp in the 61st over after dismissing Wasim Akram.

This effort enabled India to register a win by 212 runs, and Kumble became the second bowler after England’s Jim Laker to take all ten wickets in a single Test inning. Kumble finished with bowling figures of 10/74 from 26.3 overs. A legend of the game, Kumble had announced his retirement from international cricket in 2008.

He finished with 619 wickets in the longest format of the game.He has the third-highest number of wickets (619) in Tests, only behind Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Australia’s Shane Warne (708). New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel had become the third bowler to pick all ten wickets in a single Test innings and he achieved the feat against India at the Wankhede Stadium.

(with ANI inputs)