Happy birthday Anil Kumble: Today (October 17) is a very special day for Indian cricket team legend and former spinner Anil Kumble. Today is Kumble’s birthday, he is 54 years old. This birthday is very special for Kumble because by his next birthday, a historical record may be broken. If that happens, Camble may have to celebrate his next birthday without that record.
This is a great record for taking the most Test wickets in Test cricket. In fact, Anil Kumble holds the record for taking the most Test wickets for India. He took 619 wickets in a total of 132 Test matches. In his Test career, Kamble took 5 wickets in 35 innings. While 337 wickets were taken in 271 ODIs.
It takes 92 wickets to break the record
This record of 619 Test wickets can be broken by Team India’s star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Let us tell you that Ashwin is 38 years old. He has taken 527 wickets in 102 Test matches so far (October 16). Ashwin needs 92 wickets to break Kamble’s record.
Ashwin’s pace in taking wickets is quite impressive. He took 501 wickets in just 98 Test matches. Thereafter, he took 26 wickets in the next 4 Test matches. If Ashwin continues at this pace, he can break Kumble’s record before his 55th birthday next year.
Kamble himself asks Ashwin for 700 wickets
When Ashwin completed 500 Test wickets, Kamble congratulated him through a social media post. Says he must break the record of 619 wickets. In addition, the score of 700 wickets must also be achieved. Don’t ruin your career on a smaller wicket than this. Kamble had said, “Very proud of you for your 500 wickets and the milestones that are coming up… 620, 625, 700 wickets are all good and you have to do it here “Don’t think of anything less than this.
Kamble must play 15 Tests before his next birthday.
Currently, the Indian team is playing 3 Test matches at home against New Zealand. He will then play 5 Test matches on the Australia tour. A five-match Test series will then have to be played on the England tour in June-July 2025. After that, two more home Tests against the West Indies have to be played in October.
In such a scenario, Ashwin still has at least 15 Test matches left before Kumble’s next birthday. Thus, if we look at the average of 26 wickets taken in 4 Tests, Ashwin can easily break Kumble’s record by taking 92 wickets in the next 15 games.
Historical record of taking 10 wickets per innings
On the special occasion of his birthday, let us tell you that Kamble also holds the all-time record of taking a perfect 10 wickets in an innings. He achieved this feat in a Test match against Pakistan in the capital Delhi in 1999. Kumble then performed amazingly and took all 10 wickets of Pakistan’s innings.
BCCI has shared videos of all 10 wickets of Anil Kumble several times on the occasion of his birthday. Anil Kumble’s Test debut was against England in Manchester in 1990 and his last Test match was against Australia in 2008. Kumble played his last ODI in 2007. He also became the head coach of the Indian team.
