India Test captain Anil Kumble

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anil kumble has announced his retirned after delhi test.. so he won't be playing in 4th and final nagpur test...

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India Test captain Anil Kumble announced on Sunday his decision to quit international cricket at the end of the third Test against Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.

Kumble has already conveyed his decision to BCCI president Shashank Manohar.

The veteran leggie has been struggling to find his peak form recently and has also been struck by fitness problems.

Kumble was taken to hospital during the third day of the third Test after suffering a deep cut on his left little finger while attempting a sharp catch at short midwicket. He was discharged on Saturday after surgery after which he bowled in Australia's first innings and somehow managed to claim three wickets.

He also missed the second Test in Mohali because of a shoulder injury sustained during the first Test in Bangalore

Incidentally, Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the team to a convincing 320-run victory and since then pressure has mounted on Kumble to call it quits. The India wicketkeeper will now lead the side for the fourth and final Test against Australia in Nagpur, beginning on November 6.

Former chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar also called for Kumble to end his international career.

"Kumble has been a great servant for the country for the last 18 years but he has not done anything of note in the last few matches. His time is up now. Kumble looked completely off colour in the third Test in Delhi and I don't see him captaining the side after the final Test in Nagpur," Vengsarkar told Indian television channel News 24.

The 38-year-old is the third highest wicket-taker in the world with a haul of 616 wickets in 131 Tests that included eight 10-wicket hauls and 35 five-wicket hauls.

Interestingly, Kumble will end his career at Feroz Shah Kotla, which he rates as one of his favourite venues. He took all 10 wickets in an innings against Pakistan at this venue in 1999 to become only the second bowler to achieve the feat after Englishman Jim Laker.

The leg-spinner made his Test debut, against England at Manchester in August 1990. He was appointed Indian Test captain in November last year and led the team with great distinction during the controversy-marred tour of Australia.

He had retired from One-Day Internationals last year after India's early exit from the 2007 World Cup. He played a total of 271 ODIs, claiming 337 wickets with a best of six for 12.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has already announced that he would be retiring from international cricket after the fourth and final Test against Australia at Nagpur.
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