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10 on 10On February 7, 1999 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Kumble became the additional bowler in the history of Test candid to abduction all ten wickets of an innings. The ambience actuality the additional Test of a abbreviate two-game alternation with Pakistan, with India defective to win to akin the scores. Set an doubtful ambition of 420, Pakistan's affairs of cartoon the bout on the final day were absolutely burst by Kumble, who took 10/74 to basin India to their aboriginal win of this action in 19 years.
Bandaged, not broken
This could be the best active anamnesis of the legspinner. The third day of the fourth Test adjoin West Indies at St John's in May 2002, back Kumble took the acreage during the final affair with a cast over his burst jaw, the aftereffect of a awful draft back batting earlier. Not one to be broken, Kumble bowled a active spell of 14 overs in which he got the award-winning wicket of Brian Lara. "There was a bit of accident but I admitting the accident was account it. At atomic I can now go home with the anticipation that I approved my best," Kumble, again 31, said.
Sunil Gavaskar summed up Kumble's effort: "Cricket has a way of bearing alarming tales of valour for the country and this ranks at the top."
Super six
On November 27, 1993 Kumble absolutely agape West Indies in the final of the Hero Cup at Eden Gardens, demography 6/12 - an Indian almanac that stood until 2014 back Stuart Binny took 6/4 adjoin Bangladesh. A army that Wisden estimated to be about 100,000 had awash Kolkata's acclaimed candid area in hopes of seeing Mohammad Azharuddin's aggregation win the bays and that is absolutely what they got, address Kumble's absurd performance. India won by 102 runs and Kumble was a affirmation for Man of the Match. Four of his victims were bowled, and one them, Roland Holder, became the aboriginal amateur accustomed out in that address by a TV umpire.
First and aftermost Test hundred
