India cricket coach Anil Kumble on Tuesday stepped down from his position, marking a bitter end to a highly successful tenure. later in a tweet, Kumble said, “The captain had reservations with me continuing as Head Coach.”
“The BCCI confirms that Anil Kumble has withdrawn his services as Head Coach for the Senior India Men’s team,” the board said in a statement.
His one year contract expired at the end of the Champions Trophy but he was given the option to travel with the team to the West Indies series beginning on Friday. While Kumble stayed back in london, the Indian team boarded the flight to Barbados.
Meanwhile, Rahul Dravid feels time has come for India to take decisions with focus on the 2019 World Cup and that includes a call on the role of MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh in the current team. “It is a call that is got to be taken by the selectors and the management,” Dravid said when asked about future of Yuvraj and Dhoni, who were the team’s number four and five in the Champions Trophy.