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'You're very greedy': Harbhajan Singh teases Anil Kumble, here’s why

On February 7 in 1999, Kumble became only the second man in world cricket to pick up all 10 wickets in an innings of a Test match when he ran through a Pakistan batting line-up.
 

'You're very greedy': Harbhajan Singh teases Anil Kumble, here’s why Harbhajan Singh with Anil Kumble (Source: Twitter)

Harbhajan Singh on Monday teased Anil Kumble on the 22nd anniversary of the legendary leg-spinner's historic ten-wicket in an innings haul against Pakistan.

On February 7 in 1999, Kumble became only the second man in world cricket to pick up all 10 wickets in an innings of a Test match when he ran through a Pakistan batting line-up.

Former spinner Harbhajan was also part of India's bowling line-up in that Test. The offie bowled 18 overs but went wicketless in the final innings.

Taking to social media on Monday, Harbhajan joked that the legendary spinner was "greedy".

"What a day it was @anilkumble1074, aap bahut greedy ho 10 k 10 le leya.. mujhe 1 to lene dete.. Proud of u Anil Bhai," Bhajji wrote on Twitter.

Kumble then thanked the off-spinner, who retired from all formats of the game earlier this year. "Thanks, Bhajju," Kumble replied.

Notably, Kumble achieved the historic feat at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, now known as Arun Jaitley cricket stadium in Delhi during the second Test of the two-match series.

India had set Pakistan a target of 420 runs in the match and the visitors got off to a steady start as openers Shahid Afridi and Saeed Anwar put on 101 runs for the first wicket.

It was then Kumble who came into the attack and wreaked havoc on the Pakistani batting line-up. The spinner, also known as 'Jumbo' first dismissed Afridi (41) in the 25th over. After the right-handed batter's dismissal, India kept on taking wickets through Kumble, and Pakistan was reduced to 128/6 in no time. Kumble then kept on taking wickets at regular intervals and he got his tenth scalp in the 61st over after dismissing Wasim Akram.

This effort enabled India to register a win by 212 runs, and Kumble became the second bowler after England's Jim Laker to take all ten wickets in a single Test inning.

Kumble finished with the bowling figures of 10-74 from 26.3 overs. A legend of the game, Kumble had announced his retirement from international cricket in 2008. He finished with 619 wickets in the longest format of the game.

He has the third-highest number of wickets (619) in Tests, only behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Australia's Shane Warne (708).

Last year, New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel had become the third bowler to pick all ten wickets in a single Test innings and he achieved the feat against India at the Wankhede Stadium.