Most wickets by an Indian in a single Test match

#3 Anil Kumble 14/149 versus Pakistan, 1999

Kumble appealing for the wicket of Wasim Akram (Image Courtesy: The Cricket Monthly)

If someone would have told Anil Kumble, you are going to have a 10-wicket haul in an innings of a Test match, the leg-spinner would surely have laughed it off. But in 1999 such a distant dream came true for the spinning magician. It was the second Test between India and Pakistan which was being played at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

The track was turning and Kumble was able to get rid off four Pakistan batsman in the first innings. India batted brilliantly in both their innings and set Pakistan a mammoth target of 420 runs. And then it was all about the tweaker weaving his magic around the Pakistani batsmen. He started off by sending back the dangerous Shahid Afridi and then slowly but steadily ran through the batting order. His last victim was Wasim Akram who was caught at shortleg by VVS Laxman. Kumble not only finished with match figures of 14/149 but made sure he booked a place in the history books too.