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What is the nickname of Anil Kumble?
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Jumbo
Anil Kumble is India's highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with 619 wickets.
He is popularly known as "Jumbo", a nickname given because of his big frame and the fast, skidding deliveries he bowled.
He is also only the second bowler to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings, against Pakistan in 1999.
Hence, Jumbo.
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