Bye - bye to ODI says Kumble

In the first fallout of India's embarrassing exit from the World Cup, leg spinner Anil Kumble is set to announce his retirement from One-Day cricket. BCCI sources have informed CNN-IBN that Kumble is expected to announce his decision on arrival.

While, former cricketer Sandeep Patil tipped to be the interim coach for Team India, BCCI sources added.

Patil has coached India once back in 1996 and was also the member of the 1983 World Cup winning squad. Patil surprised the cricket world by guiding minnows Kenya as coach to the semi-finals at the last World Cup.

Kumble's retirement from One-Dayers is expected as he himself told CNN-IBN before leaving for the West Indies that this World Cup would be his last.

"I think it's a really exciting World Cup and I guess it will be watched by millions and millions of viewers. It is definitely going to be my last World Cup and probably the last One-Day International series as well for me. So, definitely it is going to be challenging," said Kumble before departing for the Caribbeans for the mega event.

Unfortunately, India team lost two out of three of its first round matches. The defeats against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka left India out of the mega event. They entered the quadrennial event as one of the favourites but managed to win just one match only against Bermuda in the group phase.

Meanwhile, Kumble just played in one match in the World Cup against Bermuda and took three wickets for 38 runs in 9.1 overs.

The 36-year-old has a phenomenal record to look back at in his 271 ODIs. He has taken 337 wickets at an average of around 31, besides, the Bangalorean is also India's leading wicket taker in Test cricket as well with 547 scalps to his name.

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