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  Anil Kumble picks 2002 Headingley Test triumph as career defining moment

Anil Kumble picks 2002 Headingley Test triumph as career defining moment

PTI
Published : Oct 1, 2016, 12:17 am IST
Updated : Oct 1, 2016, 12:17 am IST

From bowling mainstay to national coach now, it has been a roller-coaster ride for Anil Kumble in Indian cricket and the celebrated leg-spinner picked the 2002 win over England in the Headgingley Test

From bowling mainstay to national coach now, it has been a roller-coaster ride for Anil Kumble in Indian cricket and the celebrated leg-spinner picked the 2002 win over England in the Headgingley Test as the “defining moment” of his career.

“It’s difficult to pick the best moment but yes the Headingley Test was a defining moment for me and the Indian cricket. It continued from that,” the former India captain recalled about India’s innings and 46-run victory during a talk show hosted by the Cricket Association of Bengal on the sidelines of India’s 250th Test on home soil.

“I got the captaincy towards the end of my career, probably by default when Ganguly had finished his term, Viru was not in the team, Rahul did not want it and probably MS was too young. I was the only person to put my hands up. I knew it would be a short term.”