KSCA president Anil Kumble grinds it out ahead of sunday's India vs Australia warm-up tie
KSCA president Anil Kumble grinds it out ahead of sunday's India vs Australia warm-up tie
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| Karnataka State Cricket Association president Anil Kumble & (below) the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore |
"Paani ka kya problem hai? Is it okay now?" the President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) asks one of the members of the ground staff.u00a0 Anil Kumble is constantly on the move ufffd spearheading the process for the ground to be ready before Sunday's warm-up game between India and Australia.
In the seven hours that Kumble was spotted in and around his office yesterday, he kept moving over from one end of the ground to another, overseeing construction work, and dealing with pressing administrative matters
with stick-in-the-mud commitment. Besides, he's constantly hosting important guests in his elegant office, dealing with matters relating to the World Cup. The very same integrity and goodwill the leg-spinner displayed during his 132-Test career is on show in the office of cricket administration.
Chandramuni, an engineer, who works at KSCA said: "He is extremely strict when he wants to be. Both he and Srinath (Javagal) are the same. (Srinath is KSCA secretary)
They are perfectionists. Kumble wants everything in order and gets a little finicky even if small things are missing. I doubt if he must be taking care of his own house this way. There have been wholesale changes at the ground since he has taken over. "Initially, we were all a little overawed considering our boss is a legend of Indian cricket. But, it's been over two months and we're comfortable with him. He treats us like colleagues and interacts with each of us. He knows all of us now," he said. One of Kumble's former teammates, Sunil Joshi also paid tribute to the leggie.
"I cannot think of a better man to run cricket in this state.
He's doing a phenomenal job.u00a0 I can assure you that the ICC, BCCI and all the visiting teams that come here, will go back satisfied," Joshi told MiD DAY.
