Tag: Anil Kumble

After the reports emerged, that BCCI was looking to recall Kumble to the coaching fold, sources had said that the legendary spinner might not accept the offer. And the post may go to some foreign recruit.

Dubai: Former Australia women’s team captain Belinda Clark, Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer and New Zealand coach Mike Hesson were on Wednesday appointed to the ICC cricket committee headed by former India skipper Anil Kumble. According to an ICC statement, Clark was appointed as the women’s cricket representative and replaces Clare Connor (who has completed her […]

New Delhi: Legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble has reportedly decided against continuing as the head coach of the Indian cricket team. According to reports, Kumble, whose one-year tenure was scheduled to end at the conclusion of the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales, stayed back in England instead of travelling with the team for their […]

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited applications for the national team coach’s post. The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee of the BCCI comprising former India stars Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman will interview the interested candidates and and assess their presentations. The term of present India coach […]

Dharamsala: BCCI President Anurag Thakur on Thursday named former India skipper Anil Kumble as the head coach of the national cricket team for the next one year. The decision was taken after Sourav Ganguly, one of the members of the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) also comprising Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman, met Thakur and […]

Panaji: Every person in every walk of life has some conflict or the other but it is the proper disclosure that is important, feels former India captain and coach Anil Kumble. The conflict of interest allegations have reared its head in recent times with stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly being served with notices, […]

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag on Wednesday put his weight behind Anil Kumble to become a national selector in future. “When Anil Kumble became the captain, he came to my room and said ‘go and play how you play as in the next two series you won’t be dropped’. That kind of confidence […]

New Delhi: Wishes poured in on social media for legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble who turned 49 on Wednesday. Former Indian opener and current Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Gautam Gambhir termed Kumble the biggest match-winner for the country and tweeted: “Birthday wishes to India’s greatest match-winner Anil Kumble! Have learnt so much from you and […]

Indore: India’s spin spearhead R. Ashwin on Thursday became the third spinner after Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh to pick 250 wickets on Indian soil. He achieved the feat during the second session of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Holkar Cricket Stadium as he cleaned up skipper Mominul Haque for 37. A brilliant […]

New Delhi: Former leg-spinner Anil Kumble believes Indian bowlers need to come up with a good performance in the three-match ODI series against West Indies as the visitors have a lot of power hitters who can demolish any bowling unit. The Indian bowlers were taken to the cleaners in the three T20Is and Kumble has […]

Bhubaneswar: After successfully organising mega international sports events, Odisha is fast turning into the next sports capital of the nation. Even cricketer, Anil Kumble was amazed to see Odisha’s efforts in setting up state-of-art-infrastructure. Kumble, who was here to attend the Odisha Knowledge Hub Lecture series today, said that great initiatives have been taken by […]

Mumbai: Former Australia speedster Brett Lee heaped praise on former India captain Anil Kumble and stated the latter will do well as head coach of India Premier League (IPL) side Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). Kumble, last year, had signed a two-year deal with KXIP and will take charge of the team during the 13th edition […]