When he trapped New Zealand opener Matthew Horne lbw in second innings of Kanpur Test,Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble completed his 250 wickets. He became third Indian after Kapil Dev (434 wickets in 131 Tests) and Bishan Singh Bedi (266 wickets in 67 Tests) and 21st bowler (fifth spinner) in Test history to achieve this milestone.

Born at Bangalore on 17 October 1970, Anil Kumble started his Test career against England at Manchester on 09 August 1990.Allan Lamb was his first Test wicket. By taking only 55 Tests to complete his 250 wickets Kumble has now become the fourth joint quickest in Test cricket to accomplish this feat in least Tests alongwith Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Shane Warne. Only Dennis Lillee (48), Allan Donald (50), Richard Hadlee (53) and Malcolm Marshall (53) have taken 250 wickets in lesser Tests than Kumble.

Performance against all opponents

Opponent      Mts  Balls  Mdns Runs   Wkts   Avge  Best   5W  10W   SR

Sri Lanka     12    3533  143  1535    46   33.36  7-59    2   1   76.80
South Africa  10    3336  144  1238    39   31.74  6-53    1   -   85.53
Australia      4    1536   70   546    32   17.06  6-98    3   -   48.00
West Indies    8    2079   77   985    32   30.78  5-104   2   -   64.96
England        7    2328   99   920    29   31.72  6-64    1   -   80.27
New Zealand    8    1937  100   686    25   27.44  5-81    1   -   77.48
Pakistan       3     865   38   451    22   20.50 10-74    2   1   39.31
Zimbabwe       3    1079   47   383    18   21.27  5-70    1   -   59.94
Home          28    8433  388  3346   157   21.31 10-74   10   3   53.71
Away          27    8630  347  3536    96   36.83  6-53    4   -   89.89

TOTAL         55   17063  734  6882   253   27.20 10-74   14   2   67.44

Kumble's Milestones

Wicket    Batsman (Country)              Venue        Reached On       Test
1st       Allan Lamb (England)           Manchester   11 Aug 1990      1st
50th      Alistair Campbell (Zimbabwe)   Delhi        17 Mar 1993      10th
100th     Martin Crowe (New Zealand)     Bangalore    18 Mar 1995      21st
150th     Stuart Williams (WestIndies)   Kingston     09 Mar 1997      34th
200th     Mupemelo Mbangwa (Zimbabwe)    Harare       07 Oct 1998      47th
250th     Matthew Horne (New Zealand)    Kanpur       24 Oct 1999      55th

Kumble's Mode of Dismissals

                 CF   CW  C&B  ST   B   LBW   TOTAL  Favourite Batsman


SriLanka         26   4    3    1   2   10     46    Roshan Mahanama,
                                                     Aravinda DeSilva (7 each)

South Africa     20   0    2    1  11    5     39    Andrew Hudson (7)
Australia        19   3    2    1   3    4     32    Ian Healy (4)
WestIndies       16   3    2    0   4    7     32    Stuart Williams (4)
England          13   1    1    1   7    6     29    Robin Smith (4)
New Zealand      16   1    2    0   5   11     35    Adam Parore, Stephen Fleming,
                                                     Matthew Horne, Craig McMillan (3)

Pakistan          9   1    3    0   3    6     22    Ijaz Ahmed (4)
Zimbabwe          7   0    2    2   1    6     18    Neil Johnson,John Traicos,
                                                     Dave Houghton (2)

TOTAL           126  13   17    6  36   55    253