Anil Kumble: The amazing leg spin ball of Indian cricket great Anil Kumble has been seen fiercely on the cricket field. On 7 February 1999, Kumble single-handedly defeated Pakistan. In 1999, in the Delhi Test match against Pakistan, Anil Kumble held the world record of getting all 10 in an innings. At that time he became the second bowler in the world to do so.
In the first match of the 2-match Test series played against Pakistan in the year 1999, the Indian team had to face a close defeat of 12 runs in Chennai. After this, to level the series, India had to win the second match under any circumstances. At that time, Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin won the toss and decided to bat first in the Delhi Test.
Team India was reduced to 252 runs in their first innings in this match, in which Saqlain Mushtaq took 5 wickets from Pakistan. After this, the Pak team was also reduced to a score of only 172 in their first innings and the Indian team also got a good lead. Team India, while batting brilliantly in their second innings, scored 339 runs and gave Pakistan a big target of 420 runs in the fourth innings of the match.
The magic of Kumble’s spin and Pakistan’s team collapsed
In the fourth innings of the match, Pakistani opening batsmen gave a good start to the team and shared a partnership of 101 runs, but after this, Kumble showed his magic of spin and got the wickets of Shahid Afridi and then Saeed Anwar. Made a return
From here Pakistani batsmen were seen returning to the pavilion one by one and the whole team was reduced to a score of 207. While the Indian team won the match by 212 runs, Anil Kumble took 10 wickets for 74 runs in 26.3 overs in this innings, giving the best performance of his Test career.
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