9 Jumbo Facts About Anil Kumble

Published 10/17/2017, 7:35 AM EDT

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On the day of Anil Kumble’s 47th birthday, we look at some interesting facts about the ace spinner. Kumble has had a long and illustrious career, not just as a player but as a captain of the team and later even as coach.

His ‘jumbo jet’ deliveries earned Anil Kumble the nickname “Jumbo”. For a spinner, his deliveries are unusually quick. But there is another reason behind the nickname. His feet are quite big or “Jumbo” as observed by his team-mates.

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Kumble’s prodigious capacity to bear pain was proved in Antigua in 2002. He fractured his jaw during the match, but that wasn’t going to stop him. He bandaged it and promptly delivered a stirring spell. Despite spitting out blood, he continued to play on the field for a while.

Kumble played his first domestic match for Karnataka at the age of 19 against Hyderabad, 25 years back in 1989. How time flies!

Kumble holds the record for the maximum number of caught and bowled dismissals in tests, 25.

Kumble is one of the 4 bowlers, alongside Richard Hadlee, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, and the only Indian bowler ever, to have taken 5 wickets in a Test innings more than 30 times.

He is only the 2nd bowler after England’s Jim Laker to scalp all 10 wickets in a test innings.The 10 for 74 against Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla in 1998 is hailed as the second best “Bowling performance of all time” by Wisden.

He is married to Chethana Ramatheertha. He married Chethana after her divorce and has a son Mayas and two daughters Aaruni and Svasti from Chethana’s previous marriage.

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One of the Main Road to Govt Hospital was renamed as ANIL KUMBLE Road by cricketer Kumble himself in a recent function conducted by Kumbla Panchayat.

 

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Kumble graduated from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) in Mechanical Engineering in 1991–92.

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