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Anil Kumble

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Anil Kumble (; born 17 October 1970) is an Indian former cricket captain, coach and commentator who played Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. Widely regarded as one of the best leg spin bowlers in Test Cricket History, he took 619 wickets in Test cricket and is the fourth highest wicket taker of all time as of 2022. In 1999 while playing against Pakistan, Kumble dismissed all ten batsmen in a Test match innings, joining England's Jim Laker as the second player to achieve the feat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anil Kumble has received more than 3,909,743 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Anil Kumble is the 14th most popular cricketer (up from 15th in 2019), the 1,006th most popular biography from India (down from 969th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Anil Kumble ranks 14 out of 68. Before him are Alfred Bowerman, Virat Kohli, Garfield Sobers, Viv Richards, Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly. After him are Bishan Singh Bedi, Brian Lara, Mithali Raj, Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Ravindra Jadeja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Anil Kumble ranks 666. Before him are Pete Rock, Brigita Bukovec, Harjit Sajjan, Karoline Krüger, Soner Cagaptay, and Ani DiFranco. After him are Niko Eeckhout, WC, Valter Matošević, Niecy Nash, Zhou Qunfei, and Padma Lakshmi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Anil Kumble ranks 1,006 out of 1,493. Before him are Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1950), Sonam Kapoor (1985), Ajith Kumar (1971), Urmila Matondkar (1974), Varun Dhawan (1987), and Bhaichung Bhutia (1976). After him are Gopalkrishna Gandhi (1945), Neeraj Chopra (1997), Ranveer Singh (1985), Tina Ambani (1957), Shiva Rajkumar (1961), and Farooq Sheikh (1948).

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Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Anil Kumble ranks 8. Before him are Sunil Gavaskar (1949), MS Dhoni (1981), Kapil Dev (1959), Virat Kohli (1988), Rahul Dravid (1973), and Sourav Ganguly (1972). After him are Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Mithali Raj (1982), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), Diana Edulji (1956), Virender Sehwag (1978), and Syed Kirmani (1949).

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