Anil Kumble in race to become India’s next coach

Anil Kumble, the former India legspinner, is one of the 57 applicants for the role of India’s head coach, according to a report in The Hindu on Monday (June 13).

Earlier this week, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had announced that it received 57 applications from candidates including the likes of Ravi Shastri, Sandeep Patil and Venkatesh Prasad. However, the board didn’t reveal any names.

Kumble, after his retirement in 2008, has worked as a mentor with Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He was also named the head of BCCI’s technical committee. He held the post untilSeptember last year.

The 45-year-old is now the chairman of the International Cricket Council’s Cricket Committee and has also worked as the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association from 2010 to 2013.

Kumble made his One-Day International debut against Sri Lanka in 1990 in Sharjah and went on to take 337 wickets at an average of 30.89. Later that year, he earned his Test cap against England in Manchester. He ended his career with 619 wickets at an average of 29.65 and is the third highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game behind Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets) and Shane Warne (708 wickets).