All seems to be not well in the Indian men’s cricket team with Anil Kumble stepping down as the Head Coach of the team. The BCCI’S Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Saurav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar had chosen their former teammate as head coach in June 2016. When the Indian team flew off to the West Indies from Heathrow yesterday morning, one prominent man was missing from the party. Kumble chose to stay back in London and attend an ICC Cricket Committee meeting which was evident he no more wanted to continue as a coach as the difference between him and Kohli has reached its pinnacle. BCCI confirmed Kumble’s resignation through social media and later also issued as press release yesterday. The BCCI said batting coach Sanjay Bangar and bowling coach R. Sridhar would work as stop-gap coaches in the Caribbean. India play their first ODI at Port of Spain on June 23. The BCCI has deputed M.V. Sridhar, GM - Cricket Operations to supervise the team management for the West Indies tour. The team did well under Kumble in the past 12 months. He was a direct entry into the coach selection process while the others who applied for the post were Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Richard Pybus and Lalchand Rajput and Dodda Ganesh.
Here is the full text of Kumble’s letter to BCCI
