James Anderson is far from being done after becoming the first pacer to amass 600 Test wickets and he sees no reason why he can't enter the 700-club alongside Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan even though he has hit 38.
Former India Test captain Anil Kumble will join his former teammate Sourav Ganguly behind the microphone as an expert analyst for ESPN Star Sports in the ICC World Twenty20 which begins in England on Friday.
Statistical highlights of the third One-Day International between India and England at the Green Park, Kanpur, on Thursday.
The former Australia pacer said he was not able to decide this time whether to apply for the post or not.
A glittering closing ceremony, with dash of glitz and glamour, drew curtains on the second edition of the Indian Premier League razzmatazz in Johannesburg, on Sunday night. Soon after the Adam Gilchrist-led Deccan Chargers pipped Anil Kumble's Royal Challengers Bangalore in the see-saw final, cricket paved way to entertainment at the Wanderers Stadium.
The see-saw match could have gone either way but Andrew Symonds' back-to-back strike tilted the IPL final in Deccan Chargers' favour, believe rival captains Adam Gilchrist and Anil Kumble. Chasing a modest 144, the Royal Challengers Bangalore seemed cruising for victory when Symonds intervened in the 15th over, claiming the crucial wickets of Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli off successive deliveries.
Despite not claiming a single wicket in the semi-final, Anil Kumble is still the top wicket-taker for Bangalore in the IPL 2009, scalping 17 at 19.47 runs apiece.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Anil Kumble was all praise for Manish Pandey, who scored a brilliant 114 off 73 balls and set the platform for victory against Deccan Chargers in the last league match of the IPL.
Bangalore Royal Challengers, spurred by an unbeaten 114 by opener Manish Pandey, beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs in the final group match of the Indian Premier League at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Thursday.
A net bowler with the Indian team right now, uncapped Karnataka all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham is still trying to get a grip on his emotions after fetching a mind-boggling Rs 9.25 crore deal with Chennai Super Kings which left his parents and wife overwhelmed by tears of joy.
Once again Anil Kumble proved that whatever be the format, he still reigns as one of the top spinners in the world. He took a four-wicket haul to help Royal Challengers Bangalore thump Deccan Chargers and finish third in the Indian Premier League, which also saw them qualify for the Champions League Twenty20.
Images from Indian Premier League match between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday
Images from the first semi-final in the Indian Premier League, between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Coach Gary Kirsten told India's squad to distance themselves from the controversy surrounding five senior players ahead of the start of the Test series against Australia.
Former India skipper Anil Kumble also honoured the late cricketer.
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Anil Kumble held his batting colleagues responsible for the team's crushing seven-wicket defeat against Victoria Bushrangers, saying they just did not give the bowlers enough runs to defend in the Champions League Twenty20 League match. Kumble felt 127 for six on a nice batting track was just not enough and the meagreness of the total completely handicapped the bowlers.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore, played at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday.
The International Cricket Council's Cricket Committee backed stricter punishments for ball-tampering but decided not to do away with the toss in test cricket during a two-day meeting which concluded in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Former Indian captain Anil Kumble on Sunday said that absence of key players in the Indian team cost them a major tournament like Champions Trophy.
'I have seen Bishan paaji get worked up when he felt the game was losing its character because of some individual.'
A desperate Sunrisers Hyderabad would seek inspiration from skipper David Warner to arrest any further slide when they take on Punjab Kings in an IPL match, in Chennai, on Wednesday.
The ICC's ban will be effective from the first international series between England and West Indies, starting July 8.
India skipper Anil Kumble said wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel will replace butterfingered Dinesh Karthick in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka, beginning on Friday.
India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday hurt his right knee during the fielding session ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy final against Pakistan.
# Harbhajan Singh, with his three for 60, has surpassed Anil Kumble's record at Eden Gardens. Harbhajan's wicket-aggregate of 41 wickets at an average of 22.87 in just seven Tests has eclipsed Kumble's tally of 40 wickets (avg 30.82) in eight Tests.
India captain Anil Kumble won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second Test in Galle on Thursday. Both the teams have fielded unchanged sides, that played in the first Test in Colombo.
This saga of an Indian captain began in a Test against a visiting South African side. The home team, down 0-1 in the series after a demoralising defeat in the second Test at Motera, had suffered another setback when captain Anil Kumble was ruled out with a recurring groin injury.
India become only the second team in the world to win a Test after conceding 500 runs in the first innings.
The ICC Cricket Committee, led by former India captain Anil Kumble, last month recommended a ban on using saliva on the ball as an interim measure to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Indian cricket team were unhappy with practice facilities at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground with both coach Anil Kumble and skipper Virat Kohli expressing their displeasure with the local authorities in Birmingham on Thursday.
Sachin Tendulkar may not have been a huge success as India captain but many a young career bloomed under his leadership, said former India skipper Sourav Ganguly.
Spin legend Anil Kumble said it has been more satisfying to see Virat Kohli and Co. become self-sufficient in dealing with challenges both on and off the field.
Harbhajan Singh surpasses Wasim Akram's Test scalps to climb to 9th in list.
Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and several other cricketers urged people to stay at home and said that this 'simple task' can save millions of lives.
The proposal, which has been floated for the 2023-2031 cycle, has not gone down well with the greats of the game, including Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, opposing the idea.
Former Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble sought to rubbish speculation that senior players were announcing retirement under BCCI diktat.
Two defeats against the Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals -- and the Bangalore Royal Challengers have slipped to seventh in the table and would be desperate to make amends when it takes on the battered Kolkata Knight Riders in Pretoria. The Kolkata Knight Riders though will be playing more for pride than points.
India stand-in captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and had no hesitation in electing to bat in the second Test against Australia at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Friday. Regular captain Anil Kumble, as expected, pulled out of the match after failing to recover from his shoulder injury.
Kumble has gone wicketless only twice in an innings at home after conceding 100 runs. Overall this was the sixth such instance. India has never won a Test in which this has happened.
Delhi Daredevils skipper Virender Sehwag has put Daniel Vettori in the same league as legendary spinners Shane Warne and Anil Kumble and said the New Zealand skipper is the best tweaker in the world at present.
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