Amid speculation of a rift between Virat Kohli and Anil Kumble, former captain Sunil Gavaskar said it is impossible for a captain and coach to always be on the same page on all cricketing issues.
Ravichandran Ashwin became the second Indian bowler after former skipper Anil Kumble to take 500 Test wickets.
Former Indian cricket captain Anil Kumble will deliver the second annual Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture on November 13 in Mumbai.
The ace leg spinner said Pillay's exclusion from the Olympics probables' list should be sorted out for the benefit of the game and sports in general.
England's middle-order batsman says the ace Indian leggie is tough to play on any wicket.
Rahul Dravid hopes that he doesn't call it quits anytime soon. Ravi Shastri would like to see him harass batters for at least two more years while Anil Kumble finds it perplexing that he isn't a regular in India's overseas fixtures.
Reader Mantu sent us this photograph of ace spinner Anil Kumble, who stayed at his hotel.
The use of saliva to shine the cricket ball, especially in the red-ball format, is primarily meant for swing bowling but the practice is now being seen as a health risk.
Rahul Dravid will lead India in the last two ODIs. Virender Sehwag will be his deputy.
India's Test side have struggled away from the subcontinent in recent years and new coach Anil Kumble has put top priority on building a team that can travel with confidence.
India should look to attack NZ with two regular spinners, says Kumble
The leg spinner and former pacer Kapil Dev are the only Indian bowlers to reach the milestone.
Anil Kumble has said his team is all geared up for the 15 Tests in the upcoming season.
In an open statement following his resignation as the Head Coach of the Indian cricket team, Anil Kumble said that the 'partnership between him and captain Virat Kohli was untenable and hence it was best to move on'.
Anil Kumble, one of the most respected cricketers to have led the Indian team, says if he became the Test captain it was only because no one else was interested in doing the job.
There is definitely a bit of lacuna: Bangar on Kumble quitting
The leg spinner joined Kapil Dev as India's highest Test wicket-taker by grabbing his 434th wicket in the second Test against South Africa.
Former captain Anil Kumble hailed Gautam Gambhir's success as a captain in the IPL and said it's nice that Indian cricket has "somebody else" apart from Mahendra Singh Dhoni to lead from the front.
Kumble agreed that he was hugely relieved to finally claim the 435th wicket to go past Kapil Dev.
Joining Kumble as the 78th inductee will be the late Betty Wilson of Australia, one of the greatest women cricketers of all-time.
Former India captain Anil Kumble and his ex-teammate Javagal Srinath will not seek re-election in next month's Karnataka State Cricket Association elections. 'I am not seeking re-election. It is not due to criticism from some quarters or from KSCA members. I think a new committee with fresh ideas is necessary for good of cricket. I think it is necessary,' Kumble told reporters in Bangalore on Friday.
A restructured Kings XI Punjab have all the required ingredients to achieve success in the upcoming IPL but they have to ensure that good starts are not squandered and their overseas combination is apt.
'This squad certainly has the ability to pick up 20 wickets'
India Test captain Anil Kumble has been ticked off by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for revealing details to the media about discussions that took place at the last selection committee meeting convened on July 8 to choose the Indian team for the Test series in Sri Lanka. BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said from Rajkot that while the captain of the team can address press conferences, he is not supposed to reveal details of selection matters.
A few big IPL franchises had offered Rahul Dravid blank cheques to join them, but his choice was clear.
Johnson, a two-Test veteran for India, passed away tragically on Thursday.
"I resigned from the Committee of Administrators six months ago and this is for the first time that I am commenting in public on cricket. (There is a) story about massive dispute between Col CK Nayudu and Vinoo Mankad," Guha spoke during a function at the Bombay Gymkhana in South Mumbai.
Remunerations dominated former India coach Anil Kumble's 19-page proposal on restructuring of contracts to the Board of Control for Cricket in India in which he had demanded that the 'chief coach should earn 60 percent of the captains' estimated earnings'.
'...it's been Shubman Gill, who's been moving from the opener's slot, and he himself wanted to bat at No. 3.'
India's former cricket skipper Anil Kumble has been nominated to the athletes' committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The leg spinner, who retired last month as the third highest Test wicket-taker with 619 wickets, has been included in the list announced on the WADA website (www.wada-ama.org).
India captain Anil Kumble had a sore shoulder and stayed off the field as a precautionary measure on Day 4 of the first Test against Australia, said fielding coach Robin Singh.
