Kumble proposed different teams for different formats, which would be awarded different contracts according to their grades.
India's outgoing fielding coach R Sridhar finds himself extremely fortunate to have coached and interacted with 'amazingly talented cricketers' and said that every mistake made was a learning experience along the way.
Praising Kuldeep Yadav for his recent exploits in international cricket, India discard Suresh Raina said credit should be given to former head coach Anil Kumble for shaping the young spinner.
Anil Kumble has been paid his dues of close to Rs 1 crore by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, marking a closure to his acrimonious episode as the head coach of the Indian cricket team.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named the captain of the all-time India Test XI chosen by cricket magazine Wisden. The celebrated team has been picked ahead of India's 500th Test which will be played against New Zealand in Kanpur from Thursday. The openers in the side are Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag, followed by Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, all-rounder Kapil Dev and Dhoni the wicket-keeper batsman.
Anil Kumble is happy that KKR leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy is back in his element having sorted his technical issues.
Chris Gayle has decided to leave the IPL's bio-secure environment due to 'bubble fatigue', his team Punjab Kings said on Thursday.
Rahul Dravid on Monday welcomed Anil Kumble faction's landslide victory in the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) elections but said the real work for the group begins now.
As Team India begins its campaign in the Champions Trophy, many await the outcome of the Virat Kohli-Anil Kumble tangle.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will be the key to India's success in the Test tour of the West Indies, their first series under head coach Anil Kumble.
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Senior Kings XI Punjab batsman Chris Gayle is likely to play his first game in the ongoing on Thursday after recovering from a bout of food poisoning.
ICC cricket committee chairman Anil Kumble says the recommendation to ban saliva for shining the ball is only an interim measure and "things will go back to normal" once the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control. The Kumble-led panel recommended a ban on saliva to minimise the risk of infection. On Friday, the ICC, in its guidelines for resumption of the game, also suggested a bar on the practice.
India's head coach Anil Kumble says a 'pink ball Test' in the country is "still a long way" off, even though he conceded that day/night Tests are the future to sustain interest in the longer format.
After R Ashwin led India's fightback with a six-wicket haul, India skipper Rohit Sharma at Shubman Gill took India to 36/0 at the end of Day 2 in Ahmedabad.
Talented Karnataka opener Lokesh Rahul is happy that new chief coach Anil Kumble has decided to empower the national team members so that they can take their own decisions.
Anil Kumble has decided to step down as the chief mentor of Mumbai Indians (MI) with immediate effect. The legendary spinner has been associated with Mumbai Indians since January 2013.
Some of his team-mates may have considered Anil Kumble 'strict' but India's Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha never felt that about the former coach, who quit after a bitter fallout with captain Virat Kohli.
Former captain Anil Kumble says pulling out of the 2007-08 Australia Tour following the controversial Sydney Test could have been an "acceptable" option but his side continued the series to set an example by winning the remaining matches under trying circumstances. The Sydney Test in January 2008 was marred by the infamous Monkeygate scandal where off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was handed a three-match ban by the ICC for allegedly racially abusing Andrew Symonds.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja on Friday etched his name in the record books as the fastest left-arm bowler to 200 Test wickets.
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.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai, on Monday, said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India elections will be held in next 90 days now that the Constitution has been adopted.
Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir were involved in an ugly face-off following RCB's 18-run win over LSG in Lucknow on Monday.
Prasad, who played 33 Tests and 162 ODIs for India, is set to finish his three-year term as the junior India chief selector in September this year.
'Look at what he has achieved in all format of the game, not just Test cricket, where he has been fabulous.'
Former India captains Bishan Singh Bedi and Anil Kumble along with yesteryear's great Mohinder Amarnath had deposed before the Justice Lodha Committee as they prepare an exhaustive report on the restructuring and reforms that need to be carried by the BCCI.
Jasprit Bumrah has regained the top spot in the ICC men's ODI Player Rankings after fashioning India's 10-wicket win over England with a career-best haul of 6/19 in the first match at The Oval in London.
Veteran Anil Kumble showed the fire in him was still burning as he rallied Royal Challengers from a disastrous start to a runners-up finish in the second season of the IPL. The ace leg spinner was instrumental in the team's revival while veterans Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis also made notable contributions as it finished behind Deccan Chargers.
The Indian spin legend fondly recollected what easily got elevated to the top echelon of achievements in international cricket.
The Anil Kumble-led cricket committee's recommendations were announced by the ICC's on Tuesday.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India to consider a substantial pay hike for domestic cricketers plying their trade in Ranji Trophy.
A fit-again pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who missed the last One-Dayer in Ranchi, bowled with vigour as eight Indian players turned up for the optional practice session on the eve of the series-deciding fifth and final game against New Zealand in Vishakapatnam on Saturday.
'He is someone who has interacted with Sachin (Tendulkar), Sourav (Ganguly) and Rahul (Dravid) as a player and with youngsters as a coach'
With ICC cracking the whip on bowlers with suspect actions, legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble has said those with illegal actions should be spotted and corrected at an early age.
The acclaimed historian has had little time for the COA and didn't attend half of its meetings due to his academic commitments. Add to that, he wasn't particularly happy about the speculation surrounding Kumble.
One of the biggest match-winners in Indian cricket Anil Kumble turned 47 on Tuesday and not surprising that birthday wishes poured in from all quarters for the legendary cricketer.
Fans were quick to condemn Rahul's remarks with some calling the Indian cricketer 'despicable' and someone who lacked 'the spirit of sportsmanship'.
'When his captaincy is under threat, he tends to quit': Manjrekar on Kohli
Sachin Tendulkar, on Wednesday, wished the country on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fir.
India became the second nation in Test annals to achieve the feat of featuring four players (Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly) with 100 or more appearances in the same Test squad.
