June 25, 2026 02:48 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Kolkata: Taratala warehouse roof collapses | Indian Army's Trishakti Corps restores lifeline connectivity in North Bengal between Siliguri and Mirik | 19 million barrels flow through Strait of Hormuz, Trump declares oil prices are falling | No Hindi, no NEET: Vijay reignites Tamil Nadu's biggest political flashpoints | Messi creates World Cup history with record-breaking double; Mbappe equals Klose's mark hours later | Tech giant Oracle slashes 21,000 jobs while betting big on AI | 'Italy and I never beg': Meloni fires back at Trump over G7 photo claim | No more 'brother': Stalin's formal birthday greeting to Rahul reflects deepening rift | TMC seeks disqualification of 20 rebel MPs, Abhishek says 'membership should go' | Nara Lokesh pitches Andhra Pradesh as investment hub during Kolkata visit, sets $2.4 trillion economy goal

Kumble joins Twitter on his birthday

| | Oct 18, 2014, at 05:03 am
Bangalore, Oct 17 (IBNS): Former Indian skipper and spinner Anil Kumble on Friday joined popular micro-blogging site Twitter on his 44th birthday.

The iconic spinner tweeted: "Finally on Twitter...& on a day that am a yr older and hopefully wiser! Looking forward...cheers."

Cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar wished the cricketer on his birthday and tweeted: "Happy b'day @anilkumble1074 ... A true champion on the field & more importantly a good human."

With 619 wickets in Test matches, Kumble is one of the best bowlers India has ever produced.

Kumble was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2005. He announced his retirement from international cricket in November 2008.

Kumble is currently the chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC)'s cricket committee.

He had scored a Test century in his career.
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.