Jumbo Performances - Top 10 Test bowling performances of Anil Kumble

# 6: 8/141 vs Australia, Sydney, 2004

Anil Kumble vs Australia, 2004

India scored a mammoth 705 in the first innings. The Aussies added 147 for the first wicket when Kumble struck. He used his variations beautifully to bamboozle many batsmen with changes of pace and length.

Especially crafty was the way Kumble dismissed Ricky Ponting. Kumble set him up with four leg breaks in a row at around 85 kmph before slipping in a fast straight one at 100 kmph which caught Ponting plumb in front of the wicket. The wicket was very flat but Kumble spun his magic to take eight wickets and Australia were dismissed 231 runs behind India’s first innings score.

The match was drawn and with it the series was also tied at 1-1, with India regaining the Border-Gavaskar trophy.