List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Anil Kumble

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at an international level in their cricketing careers. Anil Kumble is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented India. He is a right-arm leg spin (legbreak googly) bowler. Kumble has taken 619 wickets in Test cricket and 337 wickets in ODI cricket. With 37 five-wicket hauls, Kumble has the highest number of Test and combined international five-wicket hauls among Indian cricketers and fourth highest among all players, after Muttiah Muralitharan, Richard Hadlee, and Shane Warne.

Kumble made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka and his Test debut against England, both in 1990. His first five-wicket haul was against South Africa at Johannesburg (November 1992) in the second Test of India's tour. He has claimed the most of his five-wicket hauls against Australia, ten of them, all in Test matches. His best performance was against Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla in 1999; Kumble took all ten wickets during the second innings, just the second person to do so, after Jim Laker, and in the process ensured India of their first Test victory against Pakistan in twenty years. The feat also ranks as the second-best bowling figure in Test history. Twenty of Kumble's Test cricket five-wicket hauls have come in victory for India, while five have been in defeats. Kumble has also taken two five-wicket hauls in ODIs. His first ODI five-wicket haul was against the West Indies during the final of the 1993 Hero Cup at Eden Gardens, Calcutta when he took six wickets for twelve runs, a record for India in One Day Internationals. The performance ensured India's victory and Kumble was adjudged man of the match. His other ODI five-wicket haul was against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in 1994.

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Symbol Meaning DateDay the Test started or ODI held InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken OversNumber of overs bowled RunsNumber of runs conceded WktsNumber of wickets taken EconRuns conceded per over BatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were taken ResultResult for the India team One of two five-wicket hauls by Kumble in the match 10 or more wickets taken in the match Kumble was selected as man of the match

Tests + Five-wicket hauls in Test cricketNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Andrew Hudson Dave Richardson Peter Kirsten Jonty Rhodes Hansie Cronje Brian McMillan Draw 2 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, MadrasMadras has since been renamed as Chennai. Robin Smith Neil Fairbrother Richard Blakey Chris Lewis Ian Salisbury Paul Jarvis Won 3 Arun Jaitley stadium, Delhi Alistair Campbell Dave Houghton Ali Shah David Brain John Traicos Won 4 Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo Chandika Hathurusingha Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Ashley de Silva Dulip Liyanage Won 5 K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow Roshan Mahanama Dulip Samaraweera Hashan Tillakaratne Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Don Anurasiri Muttiah Muralitharan Won 6 Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Martin Crowe Stephen Fleming Shane Thomson Lee Germon Danny Morrison Won 7 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Mark Waugh Michael Bevan Ian Healy Brad Hogg Paul Reiffel Won 8 Sabina Park, Kingston Ian Bishop Roland Holder Junior Murray Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh Draw 9 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Sherwin Campbell Stuart Williams Carl Hooper Junior Murray Curtly Ambrose Draw 10 Eden Gardens, CalcuttaCalcutta has since been renamed as Kolkata. Mark Waugh Ricky Ponting Steve Waugh Shane Warne Gavin Robertson Won 11 Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Mark Taylor Ricky Ponting Ian Healy Gavin Robertson Michael Kasprowicz Adam Dale Lost 12 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Moin Khan Wasim Akram Saqlain Mushtaq Nadeem Khan Lost 13 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Saeed Anwar Shahid Afridi Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Yousuf Youhana Moin Khan Saleem Malik Wasim Akram Mushtaq Ahmed Saqlain Mushtaq Won 14 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Matt Horne Matthew Bell Dion Nash Nathan Astle Craig McMillan Paul Wiseman Won 15 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Gary Stead Matt Horne Daniel Vettori Adam Parore Chris Cairns Draw 16 Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Gary Kirsten Herschelle Gibbs Nicky Boje Jacques Kallis Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald Lost 17 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Nasser Hussain Graham Thorpe Mark Ramprakash Andrew Flintoff Jimmy Ormond Richard Dawson Won 18 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Mark Butcher Marcus Trescothick Nasser Hussain Michael Vaughan Andrew Flintoff James Foster Ashley Giles Draw 19 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Alistair Campbell Andy Flower Gavin Rennie Grant Flower Heath Streak Won 20 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Wavell Hinds Shivnarine Chanderpaul Ryan Hinds Mervyn Dillon Jermaine Lawson Won 21 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Justin Langer Ricky Ponting Andy Bichel Brad Williams Stuart MacGill Won 22 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Matthew Hayden Ricky Ponting Adam Gilchrist Steve Waugh Simon Katich Brett Lee Lost 23 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Justin Langer Matthew Hayden Ricky Ponting Damien Martyn Simon Katich Brett Lee Jason Gillespie Nathan Bracken Draw 24 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Imran Farhat Taufeeq Umar Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Sami Saqlain Mushtaq Shoaib Akhtar Won 25 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Damien Martyn Darren Lehmann Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist Shane Warne Jason Gillespie Michael Kasprowicz Draw 26 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Justin Langer Matthew Hayden Adam Gilchrist Darren Lehmann Shane Warne Michael Kasprowicz Draw 27 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Ricky Ponting Simon Katich Michael Clarke Jason Gillespie Nathan Hauritz Won 28 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Graeme Smith Andrew Hall Martin van Jaarsveld Jacques Kallis Jacques Rudolph Thami Tsolekile Draw 29 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Shahid Afridi Younis Khan Inzamam-ul-Haq Yousuf Youhana Asim Kamal Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Sami Won 30 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Marvan Atapattu Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Malinga Bandara Tillakaratne Dilshan Chaminda Vaas Won 31 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Upul Tharanga Kumar Sangakkara Thilan Samaraweera Farveez Maharoof Malinga Bandara Won 32 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Geraint Jones Steve Harmison Monty Panesar Won 33 Sabina Park, Kingston Shivnarine Chanderpaul Dwayne Bravo Marlon Samuels Jerome Taylor Pedro Collins Corey Collymore Won 34 Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Salman Butt Yasir Hameed Younis Khan Faisal Iqbal Kamran Akmal Draw 35 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Phil Jaques Mike Hussey Andrew Symonds Adam Gilchrist Brett Lee Lost

One Day Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in One Day InternationalsNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Eden Gardens, Calcutta Carl Hooper Roland Holder Jimmy Adams Anderson Cummins Winston Benjamin Curtly Ambrose Won 2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Chris Harris Blair Hartland Shane Thomson Adam Parore Dion Nash Won

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