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On This Day: February 7, 1999 - Anil Kumble took 10/74 vs Pakistan at Feroz Shah Kotla

lol LuvvvvvvvEDDDDD the wayyyyy JayaPrakash told Moin Khan it was out, the audacity he had to stand in the crease hoping he might get away after taking the greatest BUMPED catch of all time in the Chennai test.....
 
Great spell by Kumble....one of the best ever.........gud to see most PPers acknowledging it......only 1 may be 2 were dubious..........ofcourse the usual suspects trying to belittle this great spell by Kumble.........but then everyone knows......how biased they are.......
 
There were a couple of questionable decisions.

From memory, the Ijaz Ahmed dismissal was a particularly poor one.
 
Afridi was definitely not out.
MoYo was also not out if DRS was in place.
 
dnt matter what ever we say now....

its in the books...

anil kumble was fine medium pacer.... at home!
 
Kumbles can thank his boyfriend Jayprakash for this.

Pak were 140/0 and on target to win.
 
The first dismissal itself was a wrong one. Nonetheless, this was the greatest moment of a good bowler.
 
It was humiliating and not the first time he has done us.

Dodgy home umpiring in the sub continent isn't an alien concept.
 
I think as Pakistanis we should appreciate the record. The Afridi dismissal was wrong but other than that it was just great bowling. Credit where due.
 
Pak were 101/0 when we switched off tv. After sometime my elder brother asked e what is situation of match? I told him jokingly that Kumble has taken 10 wickets and India has won. then we turn on tv and saw the result OMG kumble has actually taken 10 wkts and india has won. :D
 
Unfair not to include JayPrakash's name in the title , he played an important role in those wickets as well.
 
Don't care if biased umpiring helped him or not ,nonetheless he was a tremendous bowler and the only Indian bowler with a"fighting" spirit those days .

A true champion and the Gentle Giant of Asia, hats off to Kumble.
 
Yeah good effort but this is when Mr Saqlain had 4 5wicket hauls if I'm not wrong, right?
 
Would be interesting to see what is the verdict by ppers that how many wickets he got on merit. :bm

My POV- 10/10.

There was a discussion thread about this long time back too.
 
Would be interesting to see what is the verdict by ppers that how many wickets he got on merit. :bm

My POV- 10/10.

There was a discussion thread about this long time back too.

Pakistan gave him wickets, he dint take it
 
The real match winner for India in test matches . He is almost unplayable on the 5th day pitch . Legend :kohli

I hope ppers don't have sore grapes and appreciate this legends achievement
 
Ramesh 96 and Ganguly/Srinath partnership in the second innings were decisive performances. Pakistan could have been chasing 310 (which still would have been tough) instead of 420 had Srinath wouldn't have hung around with Ganguly. That partnership took the total out of Pakistan's reach. Even at 100/0, you can sense that collapse was around the corner.

As for 10 wicket haul, even those couple of dubious decisions were inconclusive, one can only say that benefit of doubt should have gone to batsman. There wasn't any shocker or blunder involved.
 
Without a doubt, the most iconic spell of bowling ever bowled on Asian soil. Respect. :bow:
 
18 years have gone by but each of those 10 wickets are absolutely fresh in memory. What a bowling spell
 
Some records will never be broken. 6 sixes in an over (unless there is a no ball), 10 wickets in an innings... :)
 
Dont be so biased. It wasn't the first time ever. Indian umpires were known to do this.

Afridi dismissal was questionable rest were fair. However KARMA came back to bite Pakistan and it was sweet, what goes around comes around, test match before in Chennai Moin Khan committed robbery in broad daylight by taking the greatest bumped catch of all time and got away with it....
 
Umpires gave some too

Which one ?

Please go and watch the video again . Yes there where few LBWs , but all of them where as plumb as it can get . Just cos some Pak batsmen acted as though it was a wrong call , it does not mean umpire got it wrong .

The only one am no sure is Afridis , there is no way to tell if if actually nick or not .
 
Afridi dismissal was questionable rest were fair. However KARMA came back to bite Pakistan and it was sweet, what goes around comes around, test match before in Chennai Moin Khan committed robbery in broad daylight by taking the greatest bumped catch of all time and got away with it....

Most of these guys havent watched the match or even the clips to of wickets . There was nothing wrong with umpiring that day , infact all of the wickets where pretty easy decisions .
 
Afridi dismissal was questionable rest were fair. However KARMA came back to bite Pakistan and it was sweet, what goes around comes around, test match before in Chennai Moin Khan committed robbery in broad daylight by taking the greatest bumped catch of all time and got away with it....

I agree; however Dravid's LBW in the first Test 2nd innings was plumb LBW not given. Akram however got him the next ball and that was for me one of the best deliveries Akram had ever bowled. Pitching outside leg and hitting Dravid's off stump
 
Afridi dismissal was questionable rest were fair. However KARMA came back to bite Pakistan and it was sweet, what goes around comes around, test match before in Chennai Moin Khan committed robbery in broad daylight by taking the greatest bumped catch of all time and got away with it....

But it was referred to the TV umpire. He should have over-ruled it
 
Most of these guys havent watched the match or even the clips to of wickets . There was nothing wrong with umpiring that day , infact all of the wickets where pretty easy decisions .
This 5th day pitch was not really a 'bouncer' or 'turner' as we see with tracks in India today with the likes of Ashwin, Mishra and Jadeja bowling.
We're all forgetting, this match was played during the dark period of Pakistani Match fixing according to the Qayum report, so who knows what the real outcome would have been.
 
No they can't.

Always hilarious to watch people whine and cry about this performance and not even be right about it. This very thing shows how much narrative can cloud the truth.

It was a great performance by Kumble, poor batting by PK but the umpiring was not the reason for the 10 wickets.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kismat ke aage ,all saazish fail. <br>Well done Wasim bhai.<br>What a day it was at the Kotla by Anil bhai. <a href="https://t.co/xDzMd39XOq">pic.twitter.com/xDzMd39XOq</a></p>— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) <a href="https://twitter.com/virendersehwag/status/828895353441230853">February 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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lol.

Waqar said let's get run out to DENY Kumble the feat.

Wasim was being the gentleman who said let's fight it out and if he deserves it, he will get it.
 
We like to cry, its traditional, but that was a brilliant performance by Kumble. Definitely the most iconic bowling spell I have seen live.
 
Deserved a fifer at best. Atrocious umpiring and some very poor batting. LOL at the decision Ijaz Ahmed decision. Honestly so glad we won't be seeing anything like this in the future given neutral umpires and a good reviewing system.
 
Deserved a fifer at best. Atrocious umpiring and some very poor batting. LOL at the decision Ijaz Ahmed decision. Honestly so glad we won't be seeing anything like this in the future given neutral umpires and a good reviewing system.

Bad umpiring has happened many times even before this game... Why do you think noone else did it?
 
I agree; however Dravid's LBW in the first Test 2nd innings was plumb LBW not given. Akram however got him the next ball and that was for me one of the best deliveries Akram had ever bowled. Pitching outside leg and hitting Dravid's off stump

That ball by Wasim that got Dravid was unplayable, I think only 1 batsmen in the history of the game could have kept that out and that was SRT.........
 
But it was referred to the TV umpire. He should have over-ruled it

No it wasn't referred to the TV umpire, the Indian umpire who had clear view of the incident from the side and the non Indian umpire had a chat when Ganguly wasn't walking and instead of going for a review the 2 baboons just decided to give it OUT!!!!!!!!... I have not seen anything so pathetic like what Moin Khan did that day on cricket field, it was brutally embarrassing...
 
Bad umpiring has happened many times even before this game... Why do you think noone else did it?

Someone else did, actually. Jim Laker. However, I can't say too much about that considering there is no video evidence of it IIRC. As for Kumble's 10fer, I expected Indians to agree on the fact that he got a good couple of wickets because of the umpires but that does not seem to be the case. If Ashwin played in those times with those umpires, he would get 20fers.
 
Someone else did, actually. Jim Laker. However, I can't say too much about that considering there is no video evidence of it IIRC. As for Kumble's 10fer, I expected Indians to agree on the fact that he got a good couple of wickets because of the umpires but that does not seem to be the case. If Ashwin played in those times with those umpires, he would get 20fers.
A couple of wickets, like? Only Afridi seemed to be marginal, probably a knick or maybe not, the rest were all good decisions. The Ijaz Ahmed lbw would be given today, in the age of DRS & I'd wager that it'd be umpire's call when hitting the wickets. The rest were fairly easy & totally fair.
 
A couple of wickets, like? Only Afridi seemed to be marginal, probably a knick or maybe not, the rest were all good decisions. The Ijaz Ahmed lbw would be given today, in the age of DRS & I'd wager that it'd be umpire's call when hitting the wickets. The rest were fairly easy & totally fair.

I disagree with the Ijaz Ahmed LBW. It is pretty obvious the bat was involved. As for the Afridi decision, marginal sounds funny. It is pretty clear that should have never been given out. There are a couple more too. Anyway, I don't want to argue on something that happened almost 20 years ago. You can have your opinion and I can have mine.
 
I disagree with the Ijaz Ahmed LBW. It is pretty obvious the bat was involved. As for the Afridi decision, marginal sounds funny. It is pretty clear that should have never been given out. There are a couple more too. Anyway, I don't want to argue on something that happened almost 20 years ago. You can have your opinion and I can have mine.
It is pretty obvious because it was against Pak? Ijaz was hit full on the pads, if you've got any other video/angle that clearly shows bat involved why don't you share it? As for Afridi, I've seen batters shake their heads even when they have knicked it, you're telling me you can see little knicks from front on?
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kismat ke aage ,all saazish fail. <br>Well done Wasim bhai.<br>What a day it was at the Kotla by Anil bhai. <a href="https://t.co/xDzMd39XOq">pic.twitter.com/xDzMd39XOq</a></p>— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) <a href="https://twitter.com/virendersehwag/status/828895353441230853">February 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Wasim the saint praising himself again. I'm sure waqar would have just joked.
 
Wasim the saint praising himself again. I'm sure waqar would have just joked.

Waqar says this didn't happen at all. :snack:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/wasimakramlive">@wasimakramlive</a> This never happened !! I think age is catching up with Wasim Bhai &#55357;&#56846; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotTrue?src=hash">#NotTrue</a>. <a href="https://t.co/ZK8sdjK64u">pic.twitter.com/ZK8sdjK64u</a></p>— waqar younis (@waqyounis99) <a href="https://twitter.com/waqyounis99/status/829210720889925640">February 8, 2017</a></blockquote>
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IIRC, Wasim said that in a comedy show sitting in India. Not implausible to think that he was making it up :zardari2
 
I doubt that any player will give his wicket to stop some one to get to any milestone or something like that. Only time I have heard is SL bowler doing it to Shehwag when seniors asked him to do so. He bowled a no ball to stop Shehwag getting a ton. Normally, you won't see such pathetic things.

Since incident didn't happen so so quite possible that either Waqar said it jokingly or Wasim is joking here.
 
I doubt that any player will give his wicket to stop some one to get to any milestone or something like that. Only time I have heard is SL bowler doing it to Shehwag when seniors asked him to do so. He bowled a no ball to stop Shehwag getting a ton. Normally, you won't see such pathetic things.

Since incident didn't happen so so quite possible that either Waqar said it jokingly or Wasim is joking here.
Actually that's the second time I've seen SL players do something like that, third if you count their failed attempt in the first test vs India in 2009. They bowled full deliveries (same tour ODI leg) angling way down the leg side when DK was on strike, SRT was on 97 or something, the winning stroke was a leg glance down fine leg to a full delivery & they were trying to get 5 wides. There was also the test vs India in 2001, when Ganguly was nearing a hundred & they did something similar, as the DK leg side wides, when Kaif was on strike.

Of all the major (top 8) teams I've seen, they are by far the worst losers. Pak, forget the avg PPer, generally have been very fair vs India, every time I've seen us play against them.
 
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This 5th day pitch was not really a 'bouncer' or 'turner' as we see with tracks in India today with the likes of Ashwin, Mishra and Jadeja bowling.
We're all forgetting, this match was played during the dark period of Pakistani Match fixing according to the Qayum report, so who knows what the real outcome would have been.

I dont even know what the first part means

As for fixing , still amazes me how pak fans find it easier to claim their players where match fixers than giving credit to opposition . Sad really .
 
This figure will always be blotted by the dubious umpiring. Although I loved those decisions then, but they embarrass me now.
 
Pathetic by Sri Lanka to net let the opposition batsman get his 100. Must've been a sad day for Indian fans. Who cares if their team won. Poor Tendulkar stranded in the 90s.
I guess you must've missed the post by Buffet & at least a couple of other (similar) incidents by the same opposition, nah it must be the Indians right?
 
Another year gone by to remember this feat.
 
Barring the Afridi dismissal all the other ones were OUT.... Kumble will always be a legend regardless.
 
Interesting that people come with the logic that only 1 or 2 were doubtful. Leave the 2 if only 1 would have given not out then this record would not been a record at first. Because there are many who have 9 wickets in an inning.
 
Spin legend Anil Kumble made history on this day 20 years ago when he ran through Pakistan’s line-up and took a 10fer at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Kumble became only the second bowler in Test history to take all 10 wickets in an innings, and that too against none other than arch-rivals Pakistan.

The former India coach’s 10/74 in 26.3 overs delivered India’s biggest Test victory against Pakistan, a remarkable 212-run win to wrap up the series in their favour. The only other cricketer to achieve a perfect 10 was English off-spinner Jim Laker (10/53) in 1956 against Australia in Manchester.

The hosts set Pakistan a huge target of 420 runs, with two days to spare. Pakistan’s openers Shahid Afridi and Saeed Anwar with a 101-run partnership made it look difficult for India to wrap up the series till Kumble broke the dangerous opening stand with Afridi caught behind pecking outside off stump. With that, the visiting team’s demolition began.

With his previous best being 7/49, Kumble trapped Ijaz Ahmed lbw off the next ball before claiming the wicket of Inzamam-ul-Haq. In an interview to CricketNext, Kumble, whose official Twitter handle ‘1074’ is testimony to what it means to him, spoke about the ‘special’ achievement.

“I remember every wicket the way it happened, how it unfolded. It was something that was very very special. You don’t tend to forget that. Even if you do, there are a lot of people around you who would come and talk about the 10 wickets,” Kumble said.

Recalling the rare feat, Kumble had told BCCI, “The floodgates opened with Afridi’s dismissal. I wanted to keep him as quiet as possible. He got a nick, and Nayan Mongia did the rest behind the wickets. The breakthrough had been effected. Ijaz Ahmed, the new man, had this habit of plonking his front foot down the track. I decided to bowl one that was right up to him. The cherry hit him right in front, and the umpire raised his index finger. We were on a roll.”

“I was lucky with Inzamam-ul-Haq’s wicket. He had committed himself to the front foot, and played away, only to inside-edge the ball onto the stumps. Yousuf and Moin Khan followed soon after. Anwar’s wicket was special, for he was batting well, with over fifty runs to his name. I tried to break his concentration by switching from over the wicket to around, and back. He was taken at short-leg.

https://indianexpress.com/article/s...historic-10-wickets-against-pakistan-5573340/
 
I remember watching this live at korma, damn there were so many people, heavy police but kumble ran through pak side, he was simply unplayable .
 
Like it or hate it, it is one the most outrageous spells of spin bowling ever.

Even if had taken 8 wickets, it was one heck of an effort.

Kumble on Indian pitches of last 5-6 years would have been a monster.
 
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