The decision of his selection was taken in the BCCI working committee meeting in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.

Earlier the Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman had proposed his name after interviewing 57 candidates.

As a head coach of Indian Cricket Team, Kumble’s first assignment will be India’s four-Test tour of West Indies.

Anil Kumble (Jumbo)

Born: 17 October 1970 (age 45), Bengaluru, India
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style: Right-handed
Bowling style: Right-arm leg break
Role: Bowler and Test captain and India national cricket team Coach from June-2016

International information

National side: India
Last Test: 29 October 2008 v Australia
Last ODI: 19 March 2007 v Bermuda

Domestic team information

1989/90 – 2008/09 Karnataka
2006: Surrey
2000: Leicestershire
1995: Northamptonshire
2008–2010: Royal Challengers Bangalore

• In his 18 years (from 1990 to 2008) of cricket career, he had played 132 Tests and 271 One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches.


• Till date, he is India’s highest wicket-taker (1136 wickets). In his career, he had taken 619 test wickets and 337 ODI wickets


• At international level, he is the 3rd highest wicket-taker in Test cricket after Muttiah Muralidaran (800 wickets) and Shane Warne (708 wickets).


• He is only the second bowler after England’s Jim Laker in Test cricket to take 10 wickets in an innings. He had achieved this feat in a test match against Pakistan in 1999 in Delhi.


• He was appointed Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee in 2012 and still holds the position.


• He also had served as the chairman of the National Cricket Academy and BCCI’s Technical Committee. In IPL, he had mentored Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.


• Awards and Honours: Padma Shri (2005), Arjuna Award (1995), Wisden Cricketer of the Year (1996). He was inducted into ICC’s Cricket Hall of Fame in 2015.

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