Virat Kohli was quick to welcome ‘Jumbo’ to his new role:
Heartiest welcome to @anilkumble1074 Sir. Look forward to your tenure with us. Great things in store for Indian Cricket with you 😊
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) June 23, 2016
This is how rest of the players and the cricket community reacted:
Congrats @anilkumble1074 for being appointed as India coach. Best choice @bcci, hopefully he’ll take Indian cricket to new heights.
— GGF (@GautamGambhir) June 23, 2016
Congratulations sir @anilkumble1074 on becoming the coach of #TeamIndia! Looking forward to the long season ahead @BCCI
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) June 23, 2016
Anil Kumble the new Indian coach. Wonderful news for a great man! Best wishes, buddy! 🏏
— KP (@KP24) June 23, 2016
Jumbo news 4Team India.Congrats @anilkumble1074
To have a coach who cud play wid broken jaw wud be an inspiration fr guys in dressing room.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) June 23, 2016
Great news for indian cricket..congratulation Anil Bhai @anilkumble1074 for becoming the head coach of @BCCI ..good luck going forward 🏏👆🔝
— Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) June 23, 2016
The Indian cricket team now has a coach who will put his heart & soul in the job. Anil Kumble knows no other way of working.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) June 23, 2016
Anil Kumble will be an excellent organiser and a top team man. And knowing him, he will respect the fact that the captain runs the team.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 23, 2016
The image which defines @anilkumble1074 for me: bowling with a broken jaw in Antigua. May the same spirit shine thru team India!
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) June 23, 2016
Congrats & best of luck to @anilkumble1074. Unfortunate for Shastri. But would have thought appointment to be at least till 2019 World Cup.
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) June 23, 2016
But as always leave the fans to come up with the best reactions:
If Test matches are won by bowlers, @anilkumble1074 is India’s greatest match winner! #IndiaCoach
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) June 23, 2016
Anil Kumble appointed as the head coach of Indian cricket team. An engineer finally got placement with good package and onsite opportunities
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) June 23, 2016
Congrats to Anil Kumble the new Indian Cricket team head coach. Now I feel old as I had seen you as player and now you are coach..
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) June 23, 2016
I hope Anil Kumble remembers to quickly send his degrees to Kejriwal, patriotism certificate to Subramanian Swamy, and regards to Arnab.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) June 23, 2016
Good News: Anil Kumble Selected As The New Coach.
Bad News: Ravi Shastri Will Return Back To Commentary Box.
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) June 23, 2016
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