No one gave me a chance of picking up 10 wickets, says Kumble

Hyderabad, Feb 7: Reminiscing his Perfect Ten against Pakistan on this very day 18 years ago, leg-spin legend and current India coach Anil Kumble on Tuesday said nobody gave him a chance to pick all the 10 wickets in an innings and he felt privileged to achieve the "rare" cricketing feat.Back on February 7, 1999, Kumble returned epoch-making figures of 10/74 in 26.3 overs to hand India a remarkable 212-run victory over arch-rivals Pakistan at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in Delhi.Ahead of India s one-off Test against Bangladesh, the 46-year-old, who emulated English off-spinner Jim Laker by picking all 10 wickets, termed such milestones as "unique"."When I sat in the dressing room I never thought I would go out and pick up 10 wickets," Kumble said laughing."It s one of those things which happen. It s nice to celebrate anniversaries of cricketing milestones but if it happens it happens." "It can happen tomorrow, or 10 years down the line or it may not happen at all. I don t think anybody gave me a chance of picking up ten wickets. It s a very rare occurence and I was probably privileged and blessed to be a part of that but it s something unique," the owner of 619 wickets in 132 Tests said.