Anil Kumble on a sticky wicket

If Kumble is indeed shown the door, the BCCI will struggle to provide a justification for his ouster

The mere mention of Greg Chappell in India’s elite cricketing circles is mostly met with scorn and deep revulsion. In the annals of Indian cricket, this is one chapter no one wishes to revisit. But then, the Australian’s time with the Indian team was so calamitous that the episode refuses to completely empty out of the mind, either. Perhaps that is why, even almost a decade after the Chappell misadventure, any rumour of a coach-captain spat in the Indian team is greeted with unmitigated trepidation. 

Despite reports of a rift between Anil Kumble and Indian skipper Virat Kohli rekindling distressing