we have waited a long time for a captain of kumbles calibre-the last time it could have happened was when ravi shastri-the natural choice for captaincy was ignored and azzar was given the chair.
             there is a saying in cricketing circles-that a bowler never makes a good captain-he either underbowls or overbowls himself-but watching kumble-what struck me was his fine judjement of bowling capabilities-a judjement as regards-ganguly with his movement given the new ball-harbhajan picking up key wickets.
              as regards indian cricket supporters we have a habit of going overboard when successes happen and 
then pouncing on sportsmen when they fail-but for once the indian selectors have picked the two most mature cricketers in the indian team-kumble as the immeadiate captain-and dhoni as the long term captain.
                kumble brings a lot of positives to the indian team-as the undisputed leader of the bowling attack-his place is secure.as the most aggressive bowler in the pack-he brings amix of maturity and aggression to the team.
                 looking forward to the next tour-to beat australia-you need someone like kumble-i read a blog somewhere that kumble has been a failure in australia-kumble got 24 wickets in the last 3 tests he played in australia-we need a tough character-and we have seen the sort of support given by people like sachin, dravid, laxman and ganguly.
                we are looking at the twilight days of some of the greatest cricketers to have played this game-sachin ,sourav, dravid, laxman, kumble-these are not only indian greats-they can walk with pride with any set of cricketers from earth or mars.
               we talk of it , bt, etc, but it is cricket where we are going to be the next world champions-thanks to very proud and determined cricketers like kumble