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A bespectacled Anil Kumble picks up 6 for 53 , five of them clean bowled, in his fourth Test against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1992

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Anil Kumble with Rajesh Chauhan and Venkatapathy Raju - the trio who ripped England apart in the 1992-93 home series. Kumble picks up 21 wickets in 3 Tests

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Kapil Dev and Kumble meet the press while on a visit to LK Advani, the then Indian home minister, who congratulated Kumble after he entered the history books for capturing all 10 wickets in an innings against Pakistan at Delhi in 1999

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Anil Kumble appeals successfully against Matthew Hoggard, his 300th Test wicket

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Kumble is the centre of a congratulatory Indian team group hug to celebrate the 300th wicket

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Kumble with a trophy topped by the ball he used to capture his 300th Test wicket

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Kumble, often derided for being ineffective in away Tests, takes 7 for 159 in the third Test against England at Headingley in August 2002

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Kumble's seven-wicket haul at Headingly helps India win by an innings and 46 runs and level the series

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Gets a chance to play the second Test against Australia in 2004 after Harbhajan Singh is injured and picks up five wickets in the first innings to make a strong comeback

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Kumble delivers one of his best performances, taking 24 wickets over three Tests as India draw the series in Australia

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Kumble bags his 400th Test wicket, Simon Katich, in Bangalore

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Kumble celebrates his 400th Test wicket with his team-mates

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Kumble celebrates his 434th Test wicket, equalling Kapil Dev's record, against South Africa at Kolkata in December 2004

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Anil Kumble gets number 435, claiming Mohammad Rafique's wicket at Dhaka in December 2004

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Chaminda Vaas caught Harbhajan bowled Kumble. Kumble's 478th wicket as he bags a 10-wicket haul to bowl India to victory against Sri Lanka at Delhi in his 99th Test .

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