Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid [Source: @ImTanujSingh/x]Former India captains Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble are set to be felicitated with massive honours at the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), led by their ex-teammate and former fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad, has planned a special ceremony to recognise their contributions. As per the announcement, the KSCA is planning to celebrate the careers of the two legendary Indian cricketers by naming a stand each after them at the Bengaluru-based venue. Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble to get immortalised with stands at Chinnaswamy Former Indian cricketers Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid will have a stand named after them at their Karnataka home ground, the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Reacting to the announcement, Kumble expressed his excitement, and thanked Karnataka Cricket for giving him an opportunity at the grand stage. As quoted by saying in a media release, the legendary Indian spinner said “I don't think it would be out of turn to state that all our contributions have made Karnataka cricket what it is, just as Karnataka cricket is what has made all of us. It's truly special that all the contributions have been recognized and are now permanently etched in the stadium.” Kumble congratulates as KSCA to felicitate Rangaswamy Apart from Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble, the KSCA will also be honouring former India women’s captain Shantha Rangaswamy. Congratulating Dravid and Rangaswamy, Kumble said “It's really nice that my cricketing colleague Rahul Dravid and Shantha Rangaswamy also being recognized for their massive contributions to Karnataka and Indian cricket. Congratulations to all of you.” Shantha Rangaswamy, aged 72, led the Indian Women’s team during her playing days. She played 16 Tests and 19 ODIs in her career between the years 1976 and 1991. With over 1,000 international runs across both formats and picking up 33 wickets with the ball, Rangaswamy was one of the pioneers of Indian women’s cricket. Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble’s legacies still unmatched in Indian cricket Both Dravid and Anil Kumble spent a major part of the 1990s and the 2000s at the helm of Indian cricket, alongside fellow greats like Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. Dravid made his international debut in 1996, and silently confirmed his retirement in 2012 after India’s disastrous tour of Australia. In between, the legendary Indian batter aggregated over 24,000 international runs, including 13,288 of them in Test cricket. With 48 hundreds in his career, the cricketer continues to remain one of the leading century-makers in Indian history.He also led Team India to a historic Test series win in England in 2008.Anil Kumble, on the other hand, still stands at the top of India’s most successful bowlers in both ODIs and Tests. With a combined tally of 956 international wickets, the legendary leg-spinner is also one of the leading wicket-takers in the world. He also scored a Test century in England, and is one of only a handful of bowlers to have picked all 10 wickets in a single Test innings.
