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Anil Kumble

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Anil Kumble (; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricketer, coach and commentator who played Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. A right-arm leg spin bowler, regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history, he took 619 wickets in Test cricket and was the third-highest wicket taker of all time at the time of his retirement in 2008. Born in Bangalore, Mysore State (now Karnataka), Kumble developed an early interest in cricket as he grew up watching players like B. S. Chandrasekhar before becoming a full-fledged cricketer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anil Kumble has received more than 4,206,156 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Anil Kumble is the 21st most popular cricketer (down from 14th in 2019), the 1,191st most popular biography from India (down from 1,002nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Anil Kumble ranks 21 out of 136. Before him are Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Montagu Toller, Jack Hobbs, Alfred Bowerman, and Ian Chappell. After him are William Donne, Brian Lara, Harbhajan Singh, Mithali Raj, Syed Kirmani, and James Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Anil Kumble ranks 739. Before him are Maria Bashir, Michal Horňák, Marina Lobatch, Aryana Sayeed, Sabrina Lloyd, and Miguel Ángel Benítez. After him are Denis Kapustin, Alexander Dobrindt, Michele Serena, Amy Hargreaves, Chris Kattan, and Alberto David.

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In India

Among people born in India, Anil Kumble ranks 1,191 out of 1,861. Before him are Nayanthara (1984), Vijayashanti (1966), Ila Arun (1929), Aravind Adiga (1974), Navjot Singh Sidhu (1963), and Mohammad Azharuddin (1963). After him are Manoj Bajpayee (1969), Esha Deol (1981), Hariharan (1955), Suhasini Maniratnam (1961), Bhaichung Bhutia (1976), and Kiran Rao (1973).

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Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Anil Kumble ranks 10. Before him are Virat Kohli (1988), MS Dhoni (1981), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), Rahul Dravid (1973), and Sourav Ganguly (1972). After him are Harbhajan Singh (1980), Mithali Raj (1982), Syed Kirmani (1949), Virender Sehwag (1978), Diana Edulji (1956), and Yuvraj Singh (1981).

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