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Anil Kumble stats

Data through 24 April 2010Last updated 24 April 2010

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 19 December 2001 to 24 April 2010. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2001 and 2010, Anil Kumble appears in 41 Tests, 29 ODIs for India in the Cricsheet data. With the ball, the best return was 191 wickets in Tests at an average of 31.77 and an economy rate of 3.03.

International matches

Tests 41 · ODIs 29

International runs

1,001

1 hundreds

International wickets

219

10 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

35 runs

Best bowling

8/141

Test

Teams played for

India 2001–2008 · 69Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2008–2010 · 42Asia XI 2005 · 1

BattingBowling

Anil Kumble batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	41	55	7	893	110*	18.60	2,224	40.2	1	2	4	114	4
ODI	29	16	4	108	24	9.00	254	42.5	0	0	1	10	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	42	17	14	35	8	11.67	47	74.5	0	0	0	3	0

Runs per year

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Anil Kumble: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2001	14
2002	0
2003	59
2004	98
2005	91
2006	271
2007	237
2008	244
2009	16
2010	6

Year-by-year batting (15 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2001	Test	1	14	14.00	33.3	14	0	0
2003	ODI	5	54	13.50	40.0	21	0	0
2003	Test	1	5	5.00	25.0	5	0	0
2004	ODI	5	22	7.33	57.9	9	0	0
2004	Test	7	76	12.67	44.7	20	0	0
2005	ODI	1	24	24.00	50.0	24	0	0
2005	Test	3	67	33.50	40.9	29	0	0
2006	ODI	3	3	1.00	15.0	2	0	0
2006	Test	14	268	19.14	38.8	58	0	1
2007	ODI	2	5	5.00	38.5	3	0	0
2007	Test	12	232	25.78	44.9	110	1	0
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	13	6.50	76.5	8	0	0
2008	Test	17	231	15.40	37.2	87	0	1
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	16	16.00	84.2	7	0	0
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	6	–	54.5	2	0	0

Anil Kumble bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	75	12,032	6,069	191	8/141	13/181	31.77	3.03	63.0	18	10	377
ODI	28	1,489	1,144	28	4/32	–	40.86	4.61	53.2	1	0	10
T20 (leagues & domestic)	42	965	1,058	45	5/5	–	23.51	6.58	21.4	3	1	1

Wickets per year

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Anil Kumble: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2001	1
2002	0
2003	15
2004	55
2005	13
2006	52
2007	55
2008	35
2009	21
2010	17

Year-by-year bowling (16 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2001	Test	1	1	74.00	2.51	1/74
2002	ODI	1	0	–	4.60	0/46
2003	ODI	8	12	22.92	4.00	4/32
2003	Test	1	3	60.33	2.74	3/181
2004	ODI	10	5	88.00	5.10	2/37
2004	Test	14	50	21.08	2.92	8/141
2005	ODI	2	3	31.00	4.65	2/54
2005	Test	4	10	29.00	2.97	5/89
2006	ODI	3	2	49.50	3.67	2/42
2006	Test	20	50	31.98	3.05	6/78
2007	ODI	4	6	31.83	5.28	3/38
2007	Test	18	49	29.41	3.10	5/60
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	7	43.43	7.93	3/14
2008	Test	17	28	51.07	3.09	4/106
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	21	16.52	5.86	5/5
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	17	23.94	6.43	4/16

Anil Kumble against each team

vs Australia vs South Africa vs England vs Sri Lanka vs Pakistan vs West Indies

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	13	278	27.80	41.3	87	0	1
England	Test	8	266	44.33	45.1	110	1	1
West Indies	Test	5	133	26.60	46.2	45	0	0
Sri Lanka	Test	8	79	11.29	35.9	29	0	0
Pakistan	Test	6	64	10.67	31.2	24	0	0
South Africa	Test	11	49	4.45	30.8	11	0	0
Australia	ODI	4	29	9.67	52.7	16	0	0
South Africa	ODI	3	3	1.00	15.0	2	0	0
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	9	–	81.8	7	0	0
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	9	4.50	64.3	5	0	0
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	–	66.7	2	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	17	54	28.33	3.34	8/141
Pakistan	Test	12	30	33.30	3.34	5/60
South Africa	Test	13	28	33.14	2.50	6/131
England	Test	11	26	34.31	2.94	5/76
West Indies	Test	8	23	28.61	2.95	6/78
Sri Lanka	Test	7	15	38.40	2.96	5/89
Bangladesh	Test	4	9	21.22	3.73	3/32
Australia	ODI	7	6	47.33	4.81	2/28
New Zealand	ODI	3	5	18.00	3.80	2/36
Pakistan	ODI	3	3	45.67	5.27	2/54
South Africa	ODI	3	2	49.50	3.67	2/42
England	ODI	3	0	–	5.28	0/36
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	13	18.38	7.59	4/16
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	9	12.00	5.14	5/5
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	7	16.14	4.71	3/14
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	5	25.40	6.35	2/18
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	4	25.25	5.32	2/16
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	4	47.25	8.10	2/25
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	3	60.33	8.23	1/18

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Kennington Oval	2	118	–	110
Adelaide Oval	2	96	96.00	87
Arun Jaitley Stadium	3	70	35.00	45
Vidarbha C A Ground	1	58	58.00	58
Sabina Park	2	55	27.50	45
Narendra Modi Stadium	4	55	18.33	29
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	47	47.00	45
Warner Park	1	43	43.00	43
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	42	10.50	27
SuperSport Park	4	41	20.50	24

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
MA Chidambaram Stadium	7	21	21.00	2.99
Sydney Cricket Ground	4	20	26.65	3.46
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	17	16	47.81	4.12
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	5	13	30.46	2.98
The Wanderers Stadium	6	11	13.09	4.00
Kingsmead	6	11	15.55	2.83
Arun Jaitley Stadium	5	11	24.09	2.65
Newlands	5	10	25.90	3.06
Eden Gardens	6	9	43.67	2.74
Green Park	3	8	29.62	2.79

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	108	3	4.89
T20	Middle	1	5	20.0	0	690	25	6.59
T20	Death	34	42	81.0	3	167	17	7.62
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	36	0	5.67
ODI	Middle	69	178	38.8	2	1298	26	4.35
ODI	Death	39	76	51.3	10	155	2	6.50

How Anil Kumble was dismissed

Caught28 (44%)
Bowled15 (24%)
Lbw11 (17%)
Run out5 (8%)
Stumped3 (5%)
Hit wicket1 (2%)

How Anil Kumble took wickets

Caught120
Lbw65
Bowled44
Stumped21
Caught and bowled14

Last 20 innings

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Anil Kumble: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
23 Jul 2008	1
23 Jul 2008	12
31 Jul 2008	4
31 Jul 2008	2
8 Aug 2008	1
8 Aug 2008	9
9 Oct 2008	5
29 Oct 2008	45
20 Apr 2009	1
22 Apr 2009	1
24 Apr 2009	5
1 May 2009	1
7 May 2009	0
10 May 2009	7
24 May 2009	1
25 Mar 2010	1
4 Apr 2010	1
12 Apr 2010	2
17 Apr 2010	1
21 Apr 2010	1

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
21 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1*	2	not out	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
17 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1*	3	not out	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
12 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	2*	4	not out	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
4 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	1*	1	not out	Arun Jaitley Stadium
25 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	1*	1	not out	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
24 May 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	1*	1	not out	The Wanderers Stadium
10 May 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	7*	6	not out	St George's Park
7 May 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	0*	0	not out	SuperSport Park
1 May 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	1	3	bowled	Kingsmead
24 Apr 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	5*	3	not out	Kingsmead
22 Apr 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	1*	1	not out	Newlands
20 Apr 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	1*	5	not out	St George's Park
29 Oct 2008	Test	Australia	45	73	lbw	Arun Jaitley Stadium
9 Oct 2008	Test	Australia	5	33	lbw	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
8 Aug 2008	Test	Sri Lanka	9	15	lbw	P Saravanamuttu Stadium
8 Aug 2008	Test	Sri Lanka	1	6	bowled	P Saravanamuttu Stadium
31 Jul 2008	Test	Sri Lanka	2	8	lbw	Galle International Stadium
31 Jul 2008	Test	Sri Lanka	4	32	stumped	Galle International Stadium
23 Jul 2008	Test	Sri Lanka	12	24	bowled	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
23 Jul 2008	Test	Sri Lanka	1	15	lbw	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Ground
24 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	4/16	3.3	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
21 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1/30	4	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
17 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1/38	4	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
14 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	0/28	4	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
12 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	1/27	4	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
10 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	1/17	4	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
8 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	1/38	4	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
4 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	1/33	4	Arun Jaitley Stadium
2 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	1/33	4	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
31 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	1/16	4	MA Chidambaram Stadium
25 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0/30	4	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
23 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	1/15	4	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
20 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	1/18	4	Brabourne Stadium
18 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	3/9	3.5	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
16 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	0/40	4	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
14 Mar 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	0/19	4	Eden Gardens
24 May 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	4/16	4	The Wanderers Stadium
23 May 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	0/30	4	The Wanderers Stadium
21 May 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	2/23	4	SuperSport Park
19 May 2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	2/24	4	The Wanderers Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Anil Kumble bowled to most

Matthew Hayden vs Anil Kumble414 balls
Jacques Kallis vs Anil Kumble377 balls
Michael Clarke vs Anil Kumble340 balls
Misbah-ul-Haq vs Anil Kumble320 balls
Ricky Ponting vs Anil Kumble318 balls
Kevin Pietersen vs Anil Kumble281 balls
Paul Collingwood vs Anil Kumble281 balls
Michael Hussey vs Anil Kumble276 balls
Mahela Jayawardene vs Anil Kumble269 balls
Younis Khan vs Anil Kumble263 balls
Simon Katich vs Anil Kumble261 balls
Ashwell Prince vs Anil Kumble255 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Anil Kumble taken in Tests?

191 wickets in 75 innings at an average of 31.77, economy 3.03, best figures 8/141.

How many wickets has Anil Kumble taken in ODIs?

28 wickets in 28 innings at an average of 40.86, economy 4.61, best figures 4/32.

How many runs has Anil Kumble scored in Tests?

893 runs in 55 innings (41 matches) at an average of 18.60 and a strike rate of 40.2, in the data from 2001 to 2008.

How many runs has Anil Kumble scored in ODIs?

108 runs in 16 innings (29 matches) at an average of 9.00 and a strike rate of 42.5, in the data from 2002 to 2007.

How many runs has Anil Kumble scored in T20 leagues?

35 runs in 17 innings (42 matches) at an average of 11.67 and a strike rate of 74.5, in the data from 2008 to 2010.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.