Ind vs Aus 3rd Test Drawn - Kumble Retires from Cricket

India's Test captain Anil Kumble announced his sudden retirement from International cricket on Sunday, 2nd November, 2008 after the 3rd test match between India and Australia ended in a draw at Kotla, Delhi. Kotla was the same ground where Kumble took his famous 10 wicket in an inning against Pakistan.

The Indian skipper announced his retirement just before declaring India's second innings on 208 for five, a lead of 244 and given Australia a profilic task of 245 runs in maximum 23 overs. Kumble started with the new ball in the 2nd inning before match ended in a draw.

VVS Laxman announced Man of the Match for his first innings double hundred and an unbeaten half-century in the second earlier on the fifth day. Australia started the morning with 2 quick wickets but Gautam Gambhir (36) and Sachin Tendulkar (47) kept India afloat until Laxman (57 not out) and Sourav Ganguly (32 not out) led India to their declaration total deep into the final session.

Kumble was the second player in history, after Jim Laker, to bag 10 wickets in an inning. He took 619 wickets, in 132 tests, the most among Indians and third on the all-time list. He also led the team in 14 Tests with 3 wins.


Match Summary:

India 1st Inning - 613/7 dec. in 161 overs.

Australia 1st Inning - 577 all out in179.3 overs.

India 2nd Inning - 208/5 dec. in 77.3 overs.

Australia 2nd Inning - 31/0 in179.3 overs.

Toss - India, who chose to bat first.

Result - Match drawn.

Man of The Match - VVS Laxman (India).

Series - India led the 4-match series 1-0.


India is going with 1-0, as Mahendra Singh Dhoni will now lead into the fourth and final Test at Nagpur, starting from Thursday, 6th November to Monday, 10th November, 2008.