Kumble's performance in 'won' matches

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