Former Indian cricketers VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh gathered on the ground after the end of the first session in Kolkata of the maiden day-night Test in India on Friday.
Ravichandran Ashwin becomes the third Indian bowler to achieve the remarkable feat, alongside Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.
R Ashwin is also currently the fourth-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket for India with 357 wickets to his name.
Nirdesh Baisoya, who is originally from Meerut and plays for Meghalaya as a guest player, returned stunning figures of 10/51 in 21 overs with 10 maidens as he sent Nagaland packing for just 113 on Day 1.
Kumble, in fact, wants the BCCI to go back to the old tradition of the 80s and 90s where Test matches at specific centres were held during festivities.
At the top of the Test rankings, India also lead the World Test championship with 240 points in their kitty after winning their five Tests in the competition till now.
Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh were among others, who wished Anil Kumble on his 49th birthday.
Anil Kumble resigned as India head coach after the 2017 Champions Trophy final due to an "untenable relationship" with skipper Virat Kohli.
Kumble, who has recently been appointed as Director of Cricket Operations of Kings XI Punjab for the impending IPL season next year, reckons that out-of-favour Test batsman Rahul is still a good T20I batsman and that he wants him to notch up match-winning performances in the format.
Kumble, who has recently been appointed as the head coach of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab for the impending IPL season next year, reckons that out-of-favour Test batsman Rahul is still a good T20I batsman and that he wants him to notch up match-winning performances in the format.
Kumble has previously served as chief mentor with Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians in the past.
Ashwin's 350 in just 66 Tests places him fourth in the all-time list for India behind Kumble's 619, Kapil Dev's 434 and Harbhajan's 417.
Anil Kumble said that MS Dhoni deserves a proper send-off, but urged the selectors to discuss their plans regarding the wicketkeeper-batsman's future with him.
The current selection panel, led by MSK Prasad, has faced a lot of flak for it being a lightweight with a cumulative experience of 13 Tests.
The conflict of interest allegations have reared its head in recent times with stalwarts like Tendulkar, Laxman, Ganguly being served with notices, and latest to join the bandwagon is Dravid.
In a pulsating encounter, England were adjudged the winners of the World Cup on the basis of their superior boundary count - 22 fours and two sixes -- to New Zealand's 17 after the match ended in a tie after regulation play and subsequent Super Over.
Former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble said that he wants to see more Indian players like Yuvraj Singh in the overseas T20 leagues.
Speaking during a media event here for his new book 'The Barefoot Coach', Upton narrated how the then captains MS Dhoni and Anil Kumble came up with innovative ideas.
Sehwag said that it was the effort of the senior players 17 years back that saw the BCCI share the revenue earned with the cricketers.
Virat Kohli has been the best player in the world with the bat but his captaincy has been on the opposite side of the spectrum and with the World Cup in sight, IPL 2019 will be a major chance for the India and RCB captain to prove his doubters wrong.
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