Former India opener Gautam Gambhir claims that Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh would have many more wickets in Test cricket if they had Decision Review System (DRS) in their time.
Kumble is Test cricket’s third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket behind Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan. Kumble has 619 scalps to his name while Harbhajan has 417 wickets in red-ball cricket.
Speaking with a media publication Gambhir was quoted saying, “With DRS technology Kumble would have ended up with 900 wickets and Harbhajan with 700 wickets. They missed lbw decisions on front-foot. Bhajju pa took 7 wickets in Cape Town, just imagine. If they would have played on rank-turners opposition would not have been able to make even 100 runs.”
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Earlier, Gautam Gambhir Choose Anil Kumble over MS Dhoni as the best captain he played under. Gambhir said he would give his life for Kumble for the faith he had in him.
“Sehwag and I were having dinner when Kumble walked in and said that you guys will open throughout the series no matter what. Even if you get 8 ducks it doesn’t matter. I have never heard such words from anyone in my career. So, if I have to give my life to someone, it would be Anil Kumble. Those words are still in my heart,” Gambhir said.
The 2011 World Cup winner also shared how Kumble would have several records if he captained India for a longer duration. Kumble captained only 14 times in Test Cricket. Gambhir says. “Had he captained India for a longer duration like Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni or Virat Kohli, he would have made many records. He captained in tough series in Australia and Sri Lanka,” he said.
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Gambhir also named Kumble as the captain of his all-time India Test XI. The opener’s all-time India Test 11 includes Current skipper Virat Kohli as the only active cricketer. Former captain MS Dhoni and legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar are also a part of the opener’s all-time 11.
Gambhir’s all-time India Test XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble (captain), Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath.
