Here we are again, bringing in a new untold and rare cricket fact, this time involving the legendary bowler Anil Kumble.
No doubt, Anil Kumble is one of the top 10 Asian bowlers to play the game. The former Indian Captain and Coach, always have a permanent place in the cricket records sheets for his famous 10-wickets haul in Delhi.
We would suggest you check on our other Amazing Cricket Facts post, if you are looking for more untold, amazing cricket facts. This post is our 4th release in the series.
Cricket has always provided many heartbreaks in many forms of the game. One way of getting heartbroken is getting out in the nervous nineties. Sachin Tendulkar, who still rules the charts of most of the batting records, also had a negative side of getting out more times in the nineties.
Check Sachin’s top nineties out here. In ODI alone, the little master was out 18 times at 90s. Here’s a video of batsmen getting out at 99.
It’s human nature to get nervous at anxious times. Getting close to the century while batting is that kind of situation too. For a bowler, this tensed phase of a batsman at nervous 90s can be an excellent chance to get the batsman out. An intelligent bowler would be someone who makes use of this particular zone to get rid of the batsmen.
Bowlers who dismissed most “Batsmen at Nervous 90s”
Interestingly, two Indian bowlers top this chart in getting out the batsmen at nervous nineties in Test matches:
Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev
