Dubai: Former captain Anil Kumble Sunday said India will miss the services of Sachin Tendulkar when they enter the field for the first time without the batting great in a world-level tournament but insisted the team has enough young talent to do the job in the Champions Trophy. "It is never easy but the Indian team has a good set-up.
"It will be the first time India will be in a world championship without the great man but I strongly believe they have a good record and a good team to go out there and do really well," Kumble was quoted as saying in an ICC release.
Describing Sachin Tendulkar's impact on world cricket, Kumble said it won't be easy to replace someone like Tendulkar in the ODI format. "It is never easy to replace someone like Sachin Tendulkar. Not just because of his on-field credentials but what he brings outside of it in terms of the respect that the team gets.
"The atmosphere changes when he walks onto the field whether it is in India, Pakistan, Australia or England. Wherever he has toured, people have come to watch him play. This is something the people of the UK will probably miss during the ICC Champions Trophy," he added....
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06:20 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Kolkata: Harbhajan Singh on Saturday credited Anil Kumble for his impressive comeback in the IPL, which has helped Mumbai Indians set up a summit clash with Chennai Super Kings, and said encouraging words from the former India captain helped him regain his lost mojo. Harbhajan's 22 wickets from 18 matches say a lot about how well he bowled in the league. "Anil bhai keeps telling me to back myself in...
11:30 PM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Anil Kumble-led technical committee of the BCCI on Monday discussed the proposal of introducing Day and Night games in the National One Day Championship for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The only domestic one-day tournament that is played under floodlights is the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, but the technical committee that met under Kumble's stewardship, also wants Vijay Hazare Trophy matches to be played under lights. "We even...
07:55 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday suggested that BCCI should approach senior players such as Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni to bring about improvements in system so that youngsters could be stopped from going astray. "What the BCCI can do is to ask the guys on the ground, guys like Dhoni, Tendulkar, Kumble and Dravid. They should come together because they know what was exactly happening on the...
09:05 PM, May 17, 2013
Dharmashala: Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been declared fit and may play in Mumbai Indians' IPL match against Kings XI Punjab here on Saturday. Tendulkar missed his side's last match against Rajasthan Royals due to a sprain on his left hand. "Sachin has recovered from the injury and is fit now, he may play tomorrow at Dharamsala," said Anil Kumble, Mumbai Indians' chief mentor. Fans visiting the HPCA stadium here...
08:47 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Snubbed by the ICC, V Jayadevan, who devised the VJD System for calculating target scores in interrupted limited-overs matches, has requested the apex body's cricket committee chairman, Anil Kumble, to include his appeal in its agenda. Jayadevan's requests for using VJD results as an official record for professional league matches (like in IPL) etc. had been turned down by the ICC. "Mr. Anil Kumble as a chairman has...
05:54 PM, May 01, 2013
Kolkata: Welcoming batting legend Sachin Tendulkar to the club of 40, former India skipper and Mumbai Indians mentor Anil Kumble on Tuesday said a win over Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday will be the best way to celebrate April 24 - the maestro's birthday. "I welcome Sachin to the club of cricketers past 40 and wish him all the best. The best way to celebrate his birthday would be a...
07:27 PM, Apr 23, 2013
The Reliance-owned IPL franchise made several significant changes and acquisitions during ahead of IPL 6, which could potentially reflect in their 2013 success. ...
11:48 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Mumbai Indians will begin their campaign against Royal Challengers in Bangalore on April 4. ...
04:24 PM, Mar 29, 2013
The BCCI technical committee has discussed the possibility of introducing monetary incentives for teams that put in an extra effort to register outright wins in Ranji Trophy. ...
05:28 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The offspinner claimed his 28th wicket on Sunday, surpassing Anil Kumble's record of 27 attained against Australia in 2004-05, and finished with 29 for the series. ...
02:48 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The left-arm spinner reached the milestone of 100 wickets in his 22nd Test, third behind Erapalli Prasanna and Anil Kumble, but in terms of days Ojha is the quickest. ...
11:02 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Warne blamed the defensive mindset of captains as the primary reason for the decline of the craft he mastered and glamorised in his illustrious 15-year-old career. ...
09:36 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Kumble said the general consensus was that the newly introduced format for Ranji Trophy is good but most of the teams wanted a longer gap in between the matches. ...
06:19 PM, Mar 05, 2013
The one-day meet will discuss the 2012-13 season and invite suggestions from the captains and coaches for improvements. ...
04:40 PM, Feb 26, 2013
From Jasu Patel's record haul to Kapil's MCG heroics and Tendulkar's assault on Warne, a look at some of India's most memorable defeats of Australia in Test cricket. ...
08:19 AM, Feb 19, 2013
It has been learnt that the BCCI top brass will certainly be taking the opinion of their legal experts on this issue. ...
08:10 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Kumble was associated with Royal Challengers Bangalore as a player and later as a mentor for five years. ...
08:45 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Kumble raised his objections at the board's Working Committee meeting on Tuesday. ...
10:29 PM, Jan 15, 2013
"He just needs people to back off and allow him to work out what he needs to return to run-scoring ways." ...
05:44 PM, Nov 29, 2012
