All-time Indo-Pak greatest Test XI
In Tests, Pakistan lead head-to-head with 12 wins, while India have 9 wins under their belt.
10. Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble is undoubtedly India’s greatest spinner and funnily enough, he did not turn the ball much. He did not move the ball miles like Shane Warne or create a web around the batsmen like Muttiah Muralitharan, he still managed to bag 619 wickets in test cricket. India had always missed a good pacer in the bowling line up, and that is why the responsibility was always on Jumbo’s shoulders to get those breakthroughs for India.
Anil Kumble is only the second bowler in world cricket to take 10 wickets in an innings and he did so against Pakistan. Start of Kumble’s career was not as good and he did not get immediate success. He came into the limelight after he took 18 wickets against South Africa, in South Africa and the home series against England where he took 21 wickets in just 3 matches.
In his career, Anil Kumble took 619 test wickets at an average of slightly less than 30. He also scored a century against England in England. Jumbo has also been successful against Pakistan with the spinner taking 81 wickets against the neighbours. He is, therefore, the only spinner in the team and leads the spin attack amidst the greatest mix of fast bowlers.
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