Anil Kumble [Images] became the first Indian and only the fifth bowler in Test cricket history to reach the 500-wicket mark when he had Steve Harmison plumb in front on the third day of Mohali Test.

Kumble thus joined the exclusive club of Courtney Walsh [Images], Shane Warne [Images], Muttiah Muralitharan and Glenn McGrath.

A detailed statistical summary of Kumble's Test career:

Performance against each country:

Opponent	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	RpO
Australia	14	4836	149	2391	88	27.17	8-141	9	2	54.95	2.97
Bangladesh	2	341	17	144	10	14.40	4-55	0	0	34.10	2.53
England [Images]	15	4980	207	2129	69	30.85	7-115	4	1	72.17	2.56
New Zealand [Images]	11	3610	195	1293	50	25.86	6-67	3	1	72.2	2.15
Pakistan	12	3815	139	2113	63	33.54	10-74	4	2	60.56	3.32
South Africa	16	5438	226	2084	66	31.58	6-53	3	0	82.39	2.3
Sri Lanka [Images]	15	4364	173	1909	66	28.92	7-59	4	2	66.15	2.62
West Indies [Images]	13	3354	124	1546	51	30.31	5-30	3	0	65.76	2.77
Zimbabwe	7	2221	108	859	38	22.61	5-63	2	0	58.45	2.32
TOTAL	105	32959	1338	14468	501	28.87	10-74	32	8	65.78	2.63

Bowling summary	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	RpO
in Matches at home	55	17950	792	7503	316	23.74	10-74	24	7	56.81	2.50
in Matches away	50	15009	546	6965	185	37.65	8-141	8	1	81.13	2.78
in the 1st Innings	102	19906	764	8740	279	31.32	8-141	17	0	71.35	2.63
in the 2nd Innings	84	13053	574	5728	222	25.80	10-74	15	1	58.80	2.63
for a winning team	35	10985	493	4480	240	18.67	10-74	18	5	45.78	2.45
for a losing team	25	7798	233	3909	91	42.96	6-70	4	0	85.69	3.01
drawn	44	13998	604	6003	165	36.38	8-141	9	3	84.84	2.57

This is how Kumble got his wickets

Mode of Dismissal	Home	Away	TOTAL
Bowled	49	26	75
Caught in the field	148	92	240
Caught by keeper	17	6	23
Caught & bowled	16	9	25
Stumped	7	9	16
LBW	79	43	122
TOTAL	316	185	501

Kumble's bunnies

Inzamam-ul-Haq [Images] (Pak)	8 times
Aravinda de Silva (SL)	7 times
Roshan Mahanama (SL)	7 times
Andrew Hudson (SA)	7 times
Hansie Cronje [Images] (SA)	7 times
Adam Gilchrist [Images] (Aus)	7 times
Mohammad Yousuf [Images] (Pak)	7 times
Ricky Ponting [Images] (Aus)	7 times
Simon Katich (Aus)	6 times
Shane Warne (Aus)	6 times

Kumble's progression to 500-mark

Wicket	Match	Opponent	Venue	Victim	Date	Age
1st	1st	England	Old Trafford	Allan Lamb	10 Aug 1990	19y,297d
50th	10th	Zimbabwe	Delhi	Alistair Campbell	17 Mar 1993	22y, 151d
100th	21st	New Zealand	Bangalore	Martin Crowe	18 Oct, 1995	25y, 1d
150th	34th	West Indies	Kingston [Images]	Stuart Williams	9 Mar 1997	26y, 143d
200th	47th	Zimbabwe	Harare	Pommy Mbangwa	7 Oct, 1998	27y, 355d
250th	55th	New Zealand	Kanpur	Matt Horne	24 Oct 1999	29y, 7d
300th	66th	England	Bangalore	Matthew Hoggard [Images]	19 Dec, 2001	31y, 63d
350th	77th	New Zealand	Ahmedabad	Jacob Oram [Images]	10 Oct 2003	32y, 358d
400th	85th	Australia	Bangalore	Simon Katich	6 Oct, 2004	33y, 355d
450th	93rd	Pakistan	Mohali	Mohammad Sami [Images]	12 Mar 2005	34y, 146d
500th	105th	England	Mohali	Steve Harmison	11 Mar 2006	35y, 145d

Race to 500

Wickets	Warne	Murali	Kumble
100	23	27	21
200	42	42	47
300	63	58	66
400	92	72	85
500	108	87	105

This is how the three ace spinners performed in each progressive segment of 10 matches

	Warne		Murali		Kumble
Match #	Wkts	Ave	Wkts	Ave	Wkts	Ave
1 - 10	25	35.72	40	27.33	53	24.66
11 - 20	58	21.45	34	34.68	46	26.15
21 - 30	62	20.27	49	25.59	37	27.11
31 - 40	42	21.95	57	28.53	32	43.44
41 - 50	48	26.23	65	20.12	52	25.54
51 - 60	42	25.12	65	21.34	50	27.08
61 - 70	39	35	72	20.21	49	26.37
71 - 80	35	28.97	68	19.1	51	32.47
81 - 90	44	28.3	77	18.14	64	26.47
91 - 100	49	31.43	66	19.26	51	26.41
101 - 110	73	18.51	7	20.14	11	74.36
111 - 120	49	27.73	-	-	-	-
121 - 130	68	18.99	-	-	-	-
131 - 135	25	31.16	-	-	-	-

Note: Warne, Murali and Kumble have appeared in 135,101 and 105 Tests respectively

Victims by style

	RHB	LHB	RHB%	LHB%
Warne	504	155	76.48	23.52
Murali	472	128	78.67	21.33
Kumble	377	124	75.25	24.75

Victims by batting order

	Op	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	Top Order %
Warne	96	56	59	76	66	62	70	68	68	38	53.56
Murali	99	53	58	58	64	81	52	53	51	31	55.33
Kumble	83	60	54	47	51	46	48	50	40	22	58.88

- Congratulate Kumble
- A high five for Kumble's 500