India's highest Test wicket-taker whose controversial tenure as India coach ended acrimoniously following a public fallout with captain Virat Kohli.
7 incidents documented
India (internal)
20 June 2017
Anil Kumble resigned as India head coach citing an 'untenable' relationship with captain Virat Kohli, in one of the most public coach-captain breakdowns in cricket history.
India vs Pakistan
1999-02-07
On February 7, 1999, Anil Kumble took all ten Pakistani second-innings wickets — 10 for 74 in 26.3 overs — to become only the second bowler in Test history to claim a 'Perfect Ten' after Jim Laker (1956). India won by 212 runs.
India vs Pakistan
1997-05-21
On May 21, 1997, Saeed Anwar slammed 194 off 146 balls against India in Chennai, breaking Viv Richards' 13-year-old record (189 not out vs England 1984) for the highest individual score in an ODI. He hit 22 fours and 5 sixes and used a runner for half of his innings.
Sri Lanka vs India
1997-08-06
On August 6, 1997 at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka declared at 952 for 6 — the highest team total in Test history. Sanath Jayasuriya made 340; Roshan Mahanama 225. Their second-wicket partnership of 576 was a then-Test world record. The Test was drawn.
India vs Pakistan
1996-03-09
On March 9, 1996, Pakistan's Aamer Sohail cut Venkatesh Prasad for four, then pointed his bat at the boundary as if to say 'I'll do it again'. Next ball Prasad bowled him, then animatedly waved him off the field. The send-off became the defining image of the India-Pakistan 1996 World Cup quarter-final, won by India by 39 runs.
England vs South Africa
1994-08-20
On August 20, 1994, after being struck on the helmet by a Fanie de Villiers bouncer, England's Devon Malcolm walked back to his bowling mark, said 'You guys are history' to the South African slip cordon, and proceeded to take 9 for 57 — the sixth-best bowling figures in Test history at the time.
England v Australia
1921-07-04
Captaining England in only his second Test, the Honourable Lionel Tennyson split his left hand fielding a Macartney drive, returned the next day to bat virtually one-handed, and made 63 and 36 against the Gregory-McDonald attack — an act of leadership remembered for a century as one of the bravest innings ever played by an England captain.