Jul 27, 2026
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi: pitch report, records and stats
Delhi’s ground has produced a perfect ten, a 428 and the highest successful chase in IPL history. Here is the pitch report and the full record book at...
Anil Kumble
17 articles tagged with "Anil Kumble"
Jul 14, 2026
Test cricket records: the biggest numbers in the sport’s oldest format
Test cricket has produced records that have stood for decades and a few that are shifting right now. Here are the biggest numbers the format has throw...
May 21, 2026
Kumble backs Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to break Chris Gayle’s 59-six IPL record
Anil Kumble has publicly tipped the 15-year-old to overhaul Chris Gayle’s 2012 mark of 59 sixes in a season. Sooryavanshi sits on 53 with at least two...
Mar 19, 2026
Ashwin fears India’s bowling depth will suffer as batting dominance makes fast bowling less appealing
Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned who will lead India’s pace attack after Jasprit Bumrah, warning that the sport’s tilt toward batting entertainment...
Nov 18, 2024
Indian bowlers to pick 10 wickets in an innings in a first-class match: Anil Kumble, Anshul Kamboj in elite list
Anil Kumble is the only Indian bowler to pick up all 10 wickets in an innings in international cricket with 10/74 against Pakistan in Delhi in 1999.
Mar 9, 2024
Most wickets for India across formats: Anil Kumble 953, and Jadeja is the leading active bowler
Anil Kumble leads with 953 wickets in 401 matches for India. Ravichandran Ashwin is second on 765, and Ravindra Jadeja (642) is the highest-placed bow...
Mar 9, 2024
Most Test wickets for India: Kumble 619, Ashwin 537, and Jadeja now fifth
Anil Kumble leads India’s Test wicket-takers with 619, fourth on the all-time list. Ravichandran Ashwin has 537 and Ravindra Jadeja is up to fifth on...
Jan 3, 2024
India vs South Africa Test records: Know the highest total, best bowling figures and more
Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in India vs South Africa Tests. Between 1992 and 2011, Tendulkar amassed 1,741 runs in 25 matches at an aver...
Nov 20, 2023
Mohammed Shami, Zaheer Khan headline list of most wickets for India in ODI World Cup
Mohammed Shami surpassed Zaheer Khan to bag the most wickets for India in ODI World Cup history.
Jul 20, 2023
Spinners feature heavily in top five list for most wickets in Test cricket
Muthiah Muralidaran and Shane Warne are the only players to have breached the 700-wicket mark in Test cricket.
Jul 17, 2023
Anil Kumble, Ravichandran Ashwin headline list for most five wicket-hauls for India in Test cricket
Ravichandran Ashwin holds the record for the most five wicket-hauls for India in Test cricket among active players. He has picked up 33 fifers in Test...
Jul 13, 2023
Most wickets in international cricket: the top 15, and why no two lists agree
Muttiah Muralitharan leads on 1,347 international wickets, and Shane Warne is the only other bowler past 1,000. James Anderson retired in 2024 on 991,...
Jul 12, 2022
From Stuart Binny to Kuldeep Yadav: The best bowling figures in ODI by an Indian
Jasprit Bumrah’s 6/19 against England is the third-best bowling figures in ODI by an Indian.
Jul 29, 2020
How Stuart Broad compares with the rest of the ‘500 club’
The 34-year-old England paceman became the seventh bowler to take 500 Test wickets.
Jun 4, 2020
Spinners have chance to shine during saliva ban: Kumble
Fast bowlers could struggle to swing the ball under the new rules, with Australian pacer Mitchell Starc saying the game could become ‘boring’ if batte...
May 25, 2020
Cricket saliva ban an ‘interim measure’ for pandemic: Kumble
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said last week it will vote in June on whether to prohibit the use of saliva.
Mar 19, 2020
Most economical bowlers in Indian T20 League history
Economy rate in T20s is an underrated statistic and these players have nailed it to perfection.