Published: Jun 20, 2017, 08:35 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 22, 2017, 07:59 PM (IST)
Following a year of successful tenure as Team India head coach, Anil Kumble stepped down from the role, after the conclusion of ICC Champions Trophy 2017. India will be off to West Indies without any coach, for their five-match ODI series and a one-off T20I, starting June 23. Although it was reported by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) last week that Kumble would continue his role during the West Indies tour, Kumble submitted his resignation on Tuesday. Anil Kumble resigns as head coach of Team India: Sources
Following Kumble’s resignation for the head coach post, the place is up for grab, as few people have already shown interest for the role, with the likes of Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Lalchand Rajput, among others. ANI, in a tweet, had stated, “Anil Kumble didn’t accompany Indian team to West Indies today, will join the team after attending ICC meeting in London: BCCI Sources”. “Kohli is very clear about where he stands vis-a-vis Kumble. It seems the relationship is beyond the repair stage, at least from Kohli’s side. However, the CAC will now meet Kumble and see if a patch-up is possible,” a BCCI official had told The Telegraph. Team India leaves for West Indies tour without Anil Kumble
Following Kumble’s resignation as Team India head coach, many eminent cricketing personalities took to twitter as they reacted to this very news. Few of the tweets are shared below:
Headless BCCI and brainless Team India! #Anilkumble
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) June 20, 2017
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) June 20, 2017
Organisations must strive to preserve committed people. I will be disappointed if there isn’t a bigger role for @anilkumble1074
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 20, 2017
Dignified to go @anilkumble1074 Our well-run cricket is now a man-made disaster. Like a patient a surgeon cut open, but can’t stitch back https://t.co/eFXXMW7vzH
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) June 20, 2017
@anilkumble1074 stepping down shows even CAC (Sachin, Ganguly, Laxman) failed to broker peace between him and Virat Kohli…
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) June 20, 2017
If it is true that @anilkumble1074 has stepped down as coach, Indian cricket has let itself lose an outstanding resource.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 20, 2017
My biggest teachers was coach Uwe.I hated him!But stuck with him for 20 years.He always told me things I did not want to hear.#justsaying
— Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) June 20, 2017
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Earlier on Tuesday, Team India had already left for the West Indies tour without the coach by their side, which led to speculations that Kumble could be stepping down from the head coach post. The speculations turned reality on Tuesday evening when Kumble did resign from the post.
