Kumble takes 850 first-class wickets

Anil Kumble took his 850th wicket in first-class cricket when he dismissed Pakistani middle-order batsman Asim Kamal on the third day of the Lahore Test.

The leg-spinner was playing his 183rd match.

Kumble thus became only the sixth Indian bowler to achieve this distinction after Bishan Singh Bedi, S Venkataraghavan, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Erapally Prasanna and Dilip Doshi.

Kumble started his first-class career for Karnataka against Hyderabad in Secunderabad in November 1989. Khalid Qayyum was his first victim.

The break-up of Kumble's 850 wickets is: 392 in Tests, 182 in Ranji Trophy, 150 in English county cricket, 28 in Irani Trophy, 22 in Duleep Trophy, and 76 in other first-class matches.

The accompanying table lists the leading wicket-takers in Indian first-class cricket:

Bowler	M	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	5W/I	10W/M
Bishan Singh Bedi	370	90,354	33,843	1,560	7-5	21.96	106	20
S Venkataraghavan	341	83,696	33,568	1,390	9-93	24.14	85	21
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	246	54,119	25,547	1,063	9-72	24.03	75	19
Erapally Prasanna	235	54,823	22,442	957	8-50	23.45	56	9
Dilip Doshi	238	58,712	23,874	898	7-29	26.58	43	6
Anil Kumble	183	49,875	20,782	850	10-74	24.44	58	15

Note: All statistics are updated up to April 7, 2004