Kumble's 200 One-day Wickets (29 September 1998)

29 September 1998

Kumble's 200 One-day Wickets

Analysis by Atul Kahate

On 26 September, Anil Kumble became the the first spinner ever to take 200 wickets in Limited Overs International cricket. He is the seventh bowler in the history of LOI cricket and the second Indian to do so.

Kumble made his debut on 25 April 1990 at Sharjah against Sri Lanka. Here are the details of his achievement, updated to the end of the second match between Zimbabwe and India in the current Hero Honda Series:

Vs Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkt Avge BB 5w RpO S/Rate

Eng 12 690 5 509 9 56.56 2/29 0 4.43 76.67 SL 27 1371 7 1066 22 48.45 3/41 0 4.61 62.32 Aus 13 745 6 547 20 27.35 3/42 0 4.38 37.25 RSA 23 1278 7 795 32 24.84 4/25 0 3.73 39.94 Zim 14 736 6 533 22 24.23 4/33 0 4.23 33.45 NZ 17 929 5 575 24 23.96 5/33 1 3.62 38.71 Pak 17 858 6 616 26 23.69 4/12 0 4.31 33.00 WI 18 978 12 657 32 20.53 6/12 1 4.03 30.56 UAE 1 60 0 30 2 15.00 2/30 0 3.00 30.00 Ken 3 168 2 89 7 12.71 3/28 0 3.18 24.00 Ban 3 168 7 57 6 9.50 3/17 0 2.04 28.00

Home 60 3333 22 2318 90 25.76 6/12 2 4.15 37.03 Away 88 4648 41 3156 112 28.18 5/33 1 4.06 41.50

Tot 148 7981 63 5474 202 27.10 6/12 2 4.11 39.51

Milestone Matches Balls Age Period Vs Ground Date

50 43 2389 23/178 3/353 UAE Sharjah 13/04/1994 100 78 4223 25/144 5/319 Pak Bangalore 09/03/1996 150 106 5804 26/102 6/277 Zim Paarl 27/01/1997 200 147 7927 27/344 8/154 Zim Bulawayo 26/09/1998

Note: Balls refers to the number of balls bowled by Kumble in his career up to the end of that particular match. Age and period are in years/days format. Period is the time elapsed since his debut.

Name Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkt Avge BB 5w RpO

Wasim Akram 247 12764 160 8117 356 22.80 5/15 5 3.81 Waqar Younis 171 8513 95 6496 281 23.12 6/26 9 4.57 Kapil Dev 225 11202 235 6945 253 27.45 5/43 1 3.72 CEL Ambrose 151 8051 169 4720 204 23.14 5/17 4 3.51 CA Walsh 185 9772 159 6312 204 30.94 5/1 1 3.87 CJ McDermott 138 7461 101 5018 203 24.72 5/44 1 4.03 A Kumble 148 7981 63 5474 202 27.10 6/12 2 4.11

Source :: Atul Kahate