In October 1996, Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath helped India to win a sparkling ODI tournament played for the Titan cup, against Australia at Bengaluru. The twosome included 52 continues running for ninth wicket relationship, after Sachin Tendulkar grew out at 88 when India was 164/8, seeking after a target of 216 runs. [40][41] India, in the long run, went ahead to win the Titan Cup. In February 1997 India went by the West Indies for a progression of five tests and four ODIs.[42] Kumble was a piece of the squad and he was the main wicket-taker in the Test arrangement. He grabbed 19 wickets, averaging 30.31 with the ball.[43] Kumble was the main wicket taker by a vast edge when Australia went to India for Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1998. He grabbed 23 wickets in 3 test matches at the normal of 18.26.
On 6 October 2004, Kumble turned out to be just the third spinner in the historical backdrop of Test cricket following Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan and the secondary Indian bowler following Kapil Dev to catch 400 Test wickets.[50] Reaching the imprint took him 30 fewer Test matches than it took Kapil Dev, and 7 less than Warne. In the India-West Indies arrangement of 2006, Kumble took 6–78 in the second innings of the last Test in Sabina Park, Jamaica, and knocked down some pins India to a memorable arrangement win; it had been 35 years since a comparable arrangement triumph. Amid the principal innings of the match, Kumble scored 45 and turned into the second player in the historical backdrop of the amusement after Shane Warne to score 2000 runs and assume control 500 Test wickets. Kumble likewise holds the world record for catching most batsmen leg before wicket. On 10 December 2004, Kumble turned into India’s most noteworthy wicket taker when he caught Mohammad Rafique of Bangladesh to surpass Kapil Dev’s pull of 434 wickets.
On 10 August 2007, Kumble scored his lady century, with an innings of 110 not out against England to help them complete with 664. He took 118 Test matches to achieve his lady Test hundred, which is a record for taking the most number of matches to score a hundred, striking Chaminda Vaas who had held this report beforehand with 96 Tests. It was likewise the main hundred by an Indian in the 3 Test arrangement. He is the main Test cricketer to have taken every one of the ten wickets in an inning and secure a Test hundred in his mission. A day in the wake of scoring his ton, Kumble rejected Vaughan for his 900th International wicket plus 563rd Test wicket, drawing him level with McGrath. Later he caught Monty Panesar for an LBW to complete the innings and surpass McGrath in the rundown ever wicket takers, just Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne have extra wickets.