Anil Kumble on James Anderson | Kumble’s tweet | Anil Kumble reaction after James Anderson breaks his record

England pacer James Anderson has achieved another major milestone in his career in the first Test against India. He has reached the third place in the list of bowlers with most wickets in Test cricket. He has taken 621 wickets. He has achieved this position by overtaking former India spinner Anil Kumble. Kumble took 619 Test wickets in his career. Kumble reacts after Anderson breaks his record. He spoke tremendously about Anderson on social media. While praising Anderson, Kumble called him a great bowler.

Kumble did this tweet about Anderson

Anil Kumble wrote on his official Twitter, ‘Congratulations James Anderson. It is great to see a fast bowler reaching this far. Kambule also wrote the hashtag legend i.e. great. Let us tell you that Anderson is the only fast bowler in the world to take more than 600 wickets in Tests. At the same time, as soon as Anderson reached number three, Kumble has now slipped to number four in terms of taking the most wickets in Tests. The record for taking most wickets in Tests is held by former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Australia’s Shane Warne is at number two in this list, who took 708 wickets.

Anderson creates history by dismissing Rahul

It is worth noting that before the start of the Test against India, Anderson needed three wickets to break Kumble’s record. He dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli on the second day and equalized the wickets of Kumble. After this, Anderson created history by taking the wicket of KL Rahul on the third day. In the first innings against India, he took 4 wickets for 54 runs in 23 overs. Apart from these three, Anderson made Shardul Thakur his victim. Anderson started his Test career in 2003. He has played 163 matches so far.