• SA batting dominates the opening day at Chennai
• RP in, Ishant out in India's Test Squad for SA Series
• Viru's maiden 2nd Innings ton saves the Test for India
• Jumbo, Bhajji turn into batting heroes to pile on the agony on Australia
• The Perth Reposite
• India get their revenge with a historic victory at Perth
• India gain supreme advantage after a healthy lead; Jumbo picks his 600th scalp!
• The Sydney test – Lessons and impressions
• Harbhajan banned for 3 Tests!
• Umpires let Australia win their 16th consecutive test
• Hayden, Hussey give the edge to Aussies
• India goes down without a fight
• The Great Australian Roller Coaster comes crashing down
• The Bangalore fiasco, and the placard
• Viru earns shock recall for Oz tour; Pankaj Singh gets the nod
• Light saves Pak from Kumble's fire and from going down 0-2
• Irfan Pathan, VRV and Ishant picked for 3rd Test; 24 Probables picked for Aus tour
• Gary Kirsten is India's new Coach
• Tendulkar sees India through to a 6-wkt win
• Even-Stevens at Kotla as India and Pak continue to battle it out
• Pak batsmen put their side in deep trouble of losing the opening test
• Harbhajan, Murali Kartik back in the Test Squad
• Anil Kumble is India's Test Captain!
• England in shambles at 326 for 9
• Jumbo's maiden ton rubs salt on English wounds
• Karthik, Tendulkar complement bowlers' efforts
• Rain and Sussex dominated the third day's play
• Anil Kumble retires from One Day Cricket
• Yuvraj included in a revised squad for last two ODIs
• India toil hard for a 41-run lead
• Maiden test victory on SA soil accomplished with ease
• Feature by Vijay Bharadwaj : Welcome Back, Jumbo!
• Proteas seal series with a crushing 80-run victory
• Time to reverse the trend in SA for Dravid’s men
• Kumble, Zaheer recalled for ODIs; Jaffer also included
• Sourav, Kumble ignored for Champions Trophy; No changes for Malaysia Tri-Series
• Injured Kumble ends his Surrey Stint
• Sourav continues to perform miserably; Kumble delivers for Surrey
• Anil Kumble scores an unwanted century on Surrey Debut
• Anil Kumble called up by Surrey
• Kumble, Sreesanth bowl India to a historic win in Kingston
• Anil Kumble goes past Courtney Walsh in the St.Lucia Test
• India press forward for an innings victory
• So many Questions but no Answers

Anil Kumble : A Never-say-Die campaigner

Karthik Narayan

The Dew Drops on the petal are so wonderful, but they are so delicate and are broken immediately on the touch. Still, it is something to see and enjoy. Similarly we have a Dew Drop Bowler called Anil Radhakrishnan Kumble, who is so delicate and precious that we do not want him to disappear! The collection of a few of these precious things together becomes a spectacular sight that can be felt only by the eyes. Anil Kumble's performances are delight in the eyes of the fans and soreness in the eyes of the critics.

To come up against abuse is something to do with immense mental strength! And Anil Kumble has it aplenty, abound, abundance like the water in the ocean. He was called as a guy who can't turn the ball at all, but he never cared for that. He was kept out of the team when there was the need of only one spinner, still he did not care. He was said to be a bowler who fared badly overseas, still he always kept quiet. He just kept on trying silently with the doggedness that only he can show… that sheer gut! Read More... 

 

Statistics of Anil Kumble's Career :

 
    M    I   NO  Runs   HS     Ave    SR    100  50   Ct  St
   127  165  32  2427  110*   18.24  38.83    1   5   57   0

  Balls      M     R      W     Ave     BBI     5   10    SR    Econ
  39450    1541  17669   608  29.06    10-74    35    8   64.88  2.68

    M    I   NO  Runs   HS    Ave     SR   100  50   Ct  St
   271  136  47   938   26  10.53   61.06   0    0   85   0

   Balls     M     R      W     Ave    BBI    4w  5w     SR    Econ
   14496    109  10412   337  30.89   6-12     8   2   43.01   4.30