Indian cricket great Anil Kumble, who celebrates his 46th birthday on Monday, was greeted with wishes from various former and current cricketers on social media website Twitter.
The Karnataka leg-spinner is considered one of the finest bowlers to have graced the game. In 132 Test matches, he took 619 wickets (third highest of all time) at an average of 29.65. He also took 337 ODI wickets during his career.
Kumble’s career as coach has gotten off to a good start – especially in Test cricket. Under his mentorship, India beat the West Indies 2-0 away from home, and then whitewashed New Zealand 3-0 at home to become the number one Test team in the world.
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A champion in every sense of the word, happy birthday to @anilkumble1074! May you lead our country to jumbo victories always!
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 17, 2016
In life don't be a Dumbo,
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 17, 2016
Be like JUMBO.
Kumble doesn't do any Jumle.
K-U-M-B-L-E is very HUMBLE.
Happy Birthday @anilkumble1074 ji pic.twitter.com/Q5RSvYhF1y
Wish you a very happy birthday @anilkumble1074
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) October 17, 2016
Hope you have a wonderful day and best wishes always. God Bless.
Many happy returns of the day Jumbo! Wishing you the best for your second innings! True champion and an amazing mentor @anilkumble1074 pic.twitter.com/y7W4UP0ZJk
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 17, 2016
Many more happy returns of the day @anilkumble1074 .Hope to see a picture of you with cake spread all over. @imVkohli @coach_rsridhar
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) October 17, 2016
Happy Birthday @anilkumble1074 Immortal 1st innings in Indian cricket, hope to see you go one further in the 2nd innings. Have a great day!
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) October 17, 2016
Many happy returns of the day Anil bhai,may u keep taking Indian cricket to the new heights @anilkumble1074
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) October 17, 2016
Many happy returns of the day anilbhai..have a great year...@anilkumble1074
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) October 17, 2016
Happy birthday @anilkumble1074..have a great one.
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar) October 17, 2016
Warm birthday wishes to my good friend @anilkumble1074 🎂🎉Have a great year Anil👍
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 17, 2016
Wishing you a very happy birthday @anilkumble1074 Anil bhai. Looking forward to seeing you on the 20th.
— Kartik Murali (@kartikmurali) October 17, 2016