April 18, 2026 05:49 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Pushback from smartphone makers: Centre drops Aadhaar app pre-install plan — report | Meta eyes first wave of layoffs on May 20: Report | TCS breaks silence on Nida Khan: ‘No HR role, no power’ in Nashik case | ‘Panic reaction’: Rahul Gandhi on women’s bill, says PM Modi ‘wants to send a message’ | Adani Group shares rise as Gautam Adani becomes Asia’s richest, overtakes Mukesh Ambani | TCS Nashik ‘conversion’ case accused seeks anticipatory bail citing pregnancy | IT raids TMC candidate Debasish Kumar’s premises ahead of Bengal polls | Bengal SIR: Supreme Court allows voters restored by tribunal till April 21 and 27 to vote | 'Women won't spare you': PM Modi warns Opposition over resistance to quota bill | Vijay booked in 3 cases over poll code violation ahead of Tamil Nadu polls

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.