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Kumble's performance in 'won' matches
By Rajneesh Gupta
March 21, 2005 17:35 IST
Kumble played an important part in Indian victory in the Kolkata Test by picking up seven wickets in the second innings and ten wickets in the match.

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Kumble has now appeared in 31 'won' matches for India. His tally is the highest for a specialist bowler -- well ahead of Kapil Dev (24), Harbhajan Singh (18), Bishan Singh Bedi (17) and Javagal Srinath (17).

In fact only Sachin Tendulkar has made appearance in more 'won' matches for India (38) than Kumble amongst all players.

Kumble's performance in these 31 matches has been awesome. He has taken 219 wickets at an average of 18.09 with 16 five-fors and 4 ten-wicket match hauls.

Harbhajan Singh is a distant second with 102 wickets in 18 'won' matches.

Bowler Tests Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Ave. Best 5WI 10WM SR W/T
A Kumble 31 9908 455 3962 219 18.09 10-74 16 4 45.24 7.06
Harbhajan Singh 18 5043 226 2044 102 20.04 8-84 9 2 49.44 5.67
BS Chandrasekhar 14 4451 179 1889 98 19.28 6-38 8 1 45.42 7.00
BS Bedi 17 5241 318 1713 97 17.66 6-42 6 - 54.03 5.71
Kapil Dev 24 4075 197 1647 90 18.30 7-56 3 1 45.28 3.75
EAS Prasanna 15 4083 206 1427 81 17.62 8-76 5 1 50.41 5.40
J Srinath 17 3313 170 1381 68 20.31 6-21 2 - 48.72 4.00
SLV Raju 12 3389 179 1231 58 21.22 6-12 4 1 58.43 4.83

Rajneesh Gupta
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