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Gautam Gambhir believes Kumble would have picked 900 wickets with DRS

Gambhir also heaped praise on Kumble's leadership qualities and went on to the extent of saying he would have given his life for a captain like him

Gautam Gambhir believes Kumble would have picked 900 wickets with DRS
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Kumble ended his career as the third-highest wicket-taker in the world with 619 scalps in 132 Tests

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Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir has said that the former leggie Anil Kumble would have picked in excess of 900 Test wickets if the Decision Review System (DRS) was available during his time. He also lavished praise on out-of-favour spinner Harbjahan Singh and stated his tally would also have been more in the presence of DRS.
  
"With DRS technology, Kumble would have ended up with 900 wickets and Harbhajan with 700 wickets," Gambhir said during an Instagram live session with news portal Sports Tak, as per India Today.
 
"They missed LBW (leg before wicket) decisions on front-foot. Bhajju

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