- ODI debut v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - April 1990.
- Test debut v England at Old Trafford - August 1990.
- Spinner Kumble was most famous for his googly.
- He took just 10 Test matches to take his first 50 Test wickets, making him the only Indian bowler to do so.
- In November 1993, in a ODI against the West Indies at Calcutta he took 6 wickets for 12 runs, a new record for best bowling figures by an Indian.
- He is one of only two bowlers to take all 10 wickets in a Test match, the other being Jim Laker. He achieved this against Pakistan in the second Test played in New Delhi in February 1999.
- Kumble became India's highest wicket taker when he trapped Mohammad Rafique of Bangladesh in December 2004, to overtake Kapil Dev's haul of 434 wickets.
- He took 24 wickets in just three Test matches when India toured Australia in 2003/04.
- Snared 74 Test wickets in 2004, only Kapil Dev has taken more for India in a calendar year.
- Went past Kapil Dev as India's leading wicket-taker during the Test series against Bangladhes in December 2004.
- Kumble also holds the record for most caught and bowl dismissals in Test cricket.
- Announced his retirement from ODI cricket after India's early exit from the World Cup in 2007.
- Scored his maiden Test century against England in August 2007. In the same match he goes past Glenn McGrath's 563 Test wickets.
- Appointed India Test captain in November 2007 following Rahul Dravid's resignation.
- He became only the third bowler to pick up 600 Test wickets when he dismissed Andrew Symonds in January 2008.
- Ends his career with 619 wickets after calling it a day during the Test series against Australia in November 2008.
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