Kumble Retires

The current Indian Test captain and India’s best spinner bowler Anil Kumble has decided to quit from Test cricket after the ongoing match between India and Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla. Anil has decided to quit from Test cricket.

Anil Kumble on Day 3 of this test match got stitches on the little finger of his left hand which he injured while fielding, but the veteran leg-spinner was back to his bowling ways on the fourth day of the third Test. Anil sustained the injury when he dived in an attempt to catch Matthew Hayden off leggie Amit Mishra.

More than 18 years of highly-competitive international cricket, 132 Tests, 271 One-day Internationals and hundreds of domestic matches – Kumble’s body has weathered an incredible amount of load. It does look that the proud cricketer may not want to go too far now.

Former chairman of selection committee Dilip Vengsarkar on Saturday gave thumbs down to Test skipper Anil Kumble and said that he doesn’t foresee the leg-spinner captaining the side after the ongoing series against Australia.

Vengsarkar said though Kumble has rendered a yeoman service to the Indian cricket team his poor form suggested he should quit.

India ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is likely to succeed Kumble as Test captain.

Anil Kumble is the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test and One-Day International matches. At present he is the third highest wicket-taker in Test cricket and one of only three bowlers to have taken more than 600 Test wickets.

Anil is one of only two bowlers in the history of cricket to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings, the other being Jim Laker of England. Kumble achieved the feat against Pakistan in February 1999.

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