Spinners always spell magic.They have struck gold when in certain pitches pacers are beaten up ruthlessly all around the field.But the greatest thing about them is that they are known for limiting flow of runs during slog overs and take charge of attack of the second half.Warne is undoubtedly the finest leg spinner the world has ever seen but Kumble also in his own way innovated a new style.Surely
both their styles are for future players to experiment and bring in new challenges to cricketers.
The world’s two most dangerous leg spinners are indeed our very own Anil Radhakrishnan Kumble and the golden-haired Aussie Shane Warne. Shane Warne has changed the mood and methodology of Cricket both in Test and One-day matches.Typically, both of them are match winners but there is hardly any comparison between the two.They are totally different both in bowling, pace and style.Kumble’s strength and accuracy, pace and bounce while Warne is a big turner of the ball.Even the language of the game has changed with Warne’s phenomenal success-leggie, flipper, wrong’un, toppy and zooter are new delivery code-named by him.
Not only have they shown their class with the ball but they have done wonders with the bat too.
Kumble can easily hold on to one end and we all know how well he batted along with Azhar in the series against South Africa in 1996.
Warne is a batsman of power and is a typical aussie batsman who tries to go for the shots come what may.He has a test century too under his belt.
While Kumble had this reading ’’c.Azhar b.Kumble’’for a long time, Warne had the reading’’c.Taylor b.Warne’’.
Also while Kumble is courage personified Warne is agressive in nature.Thus each have complemented each other and truely they are the spinners of the past decade and they are still carrying on.
In conclusion, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble are the two greatest leg spinners the cricketing world has seen.