Former CAG of India and head of Cricket of Administration, Vinod Rai, in his recently released book, ‘Not Just a Nightwatchman: My Innings in the BCCI’ has revealed the whole saga behind the exit of former India head coach Anil Kumble, after the final of the Champions Trophy in 2017. For live cricket betting odds and match updates, read more here.

Anil Kumble was appointed the head coach of the Indian team after the ICC T20 World Cup 2016, where India crashed out of the semifinals.  Kumble was appointed for a tenure of 1 year. He was selected through a process by Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman who were part of the Cricket Affairs Committee ( CAC). 

He was given a contract for one year with no extension clause. India did pretty well under him as they beat Australia 2-1 in the test Series at Home, they also reached the finals of the Champions Trophy. They lost the final to arch-rivals Pakistan. 

It was after the conclusion of the Champions Trophy that reports started coming out that all is not well between then India Captain Virat Kohli and head coach Anil Kumble. 

Vinod Rai in his book reveals that he was the one who took the lead in speaking to Sachin Tendulkar after Kohli informed him that younger players were intimidated by  Anil Kumble’s style of coaching. 

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Vinod Rai, in interaction with FirstPost said,

“See, I have on record said that we couldn’t have got a better coach than Kumble and we could have treated a cricketing legend like him much better. I find it intriguing that he was given a one-year term in 2016. Kumble was not only given one-year tenure but also there was no extension clause in his contract. Had there been an extension clause, I would have readily extended it.” 

He further added that,

“It was on this issue that Ram Guha was upset. He wanted us to automatically extend his term. Now, just imagine if we had extended the term, and somebody only to embarrass the CoA had gone to court, he could have easily stalled our move. So, I decided to follow the process and let Kumble be an automatic inclusion in the process. But when Virat Kohli raised the issue of younger players being intimidated by Kumble’s disciplinarian approach, I took the lead in speaking to Sachin Tendulkar.” 

It must be noted that Ram Guha who was a part of the COA soon resigned from his position. Vinod Rai, believes that all though the matter did not escalate, it could still have been handled 100 times better.

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