Engineering degree helped me become a better spinner, says Anil Kumble – Cricket News Update
Legendary Indian leg-spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737, feels his engineering degree played a key role in his success as a leg-spin bowler.
Speaking to the media reporters on the sidelines of a promotional campaign in Kolkata on Saturday, the 41-year-old former Indian skipper said that he was not http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Turner-c41338 of the ball and learned the art after analysing his bowling as an engineer.
"The engineering that I learnt helped me in cricket. Especially with the turns, trajectories of the deliveries. I had to analyse my bowling, worked on my angles and variations,” said the former Karnataka spinner.
"I was not as talented as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864 who could turn the ball even on a stage like this. I had to be analytical,” he added further.
Kumble, the veteran of 132 Tests and 271 One Day Internationals, is to date the leading wicket-taker for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in both ODI and Test cricket. He has 619 Test wickets in his name at an average of 29.65. The tally includes eight 10-wicket and 35 five-wicket
hauls. He is also one of the two bowlers, and the only Indian cricketer, who claimed all 10 wickets in a Test innings.
His ODI statistics are equally impressive with 337 scalps at an average of 30.89, with a career best figures of 6 for 12.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Rodger-Waugh-c91216 as the three batsmen who troubled him the most during his 18-year-long international career, spanning between 1990 and 2008.
"Lara would look to attack, while Waugh would negate your bowling and wait for the loose delivery. Kallis, on the other hand, would bore you to bowl a loosener. He is so technically sound that you would always cherish taking his prized scalp."
The Indian leg-spin veteran said he was lucky to be part of an Indian side boasting world class batsmen like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746, as he never had to bowl against them.
Anil Kumble was also happy to see Gambhir’s captaincy skills; however, he backed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 to continue leading the Men in Blue in Test cricket.
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