Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) extended birthday greetings to former Indian spinner Anil Kumble as he turned 51 on Sunday.
It was on February 7, 1999, that Anil Kumble became just the second bowler in the history of cricket to take all ten wickets in an innings of a Test match.
India pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s imitation of Anil Kumble’s bowling action has got the latter impressed as he said the fast bowler was “pretty close” in pulling off the action.
Former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble admitted that the saliva ban is something which players will “find hard to manage”.
As former India leg-spinner Anil Kumble celebrates his 49th birthday today, wishes continue to pour in for ‘Jumbo’.
Former India skipper Anil Kumble has been appointed as the head coach of Kings XI Punjab for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
A beleagured captain and a struggling leg-spinner got a new lease of life under his managership and no wonder former India captains Mohammed Azharuddin and Anil Kumble found a “father figure” in Ajit Wadekar, during their glory days in international cricket.
The BCCI has decided to invite more applications for the post of Indian team’s coach to give the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) a wide range of options for picking the suitable candidate.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is all set to retain its head coach Anil Kumble after acting president CK Khanna wrote to acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary requesting him to defer the recruitment process till the end of the West Indies tour.
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