Anil Kumble, India's Test captain, announced his retirement from international cricket today and will not play the last Test of the series against Australia in Nagpur. His announcement came during the fifth day's play in Delhi, at the end of which he was carried off the field by teammates giving an emotional farewell. In 132 Tests, Kumble took 619 wickets, the most among Indians. He injured his finger on his left hand on the day 3 in the third Test which made him think about his decision to retire. He captained India to three wins, with the 72-run victory at Perth against Australia undoubtedly one of the Greatest wins for indian cricket.
The legspinner was also the second player in history, to bag 10 wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second innings in delhi. A fitting farewell that his last match was also at the same venue.He stands equal with that of the spin legends Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, footmarking his contribution to spin's golden era.
He has been a person who has lead india to great heights, a special person has to be born to beat the records of this legend leg spinner. We salute at you kumble!! U rock!!. We miss u Anil!!!....
2 comments:
Heyy .. Dats right bala !! We need one more guy to b born to beat kumble's record . N noone can ever forget dat incident wen he broke his jaw n then came back to take lara's wkt .. hats off to his commitment !!
Hmmm ya man!! can never forget tat da!! even in d last test da!! with d injured hand running back 2 take a return catch!! awesome man!!!
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