da pixbet： Indian spin ace Anil Kumble, who returned to full-fledged competitivecricket today after a nine-month injury layoff, expressed confidenceof being 100 per cent fit before India’s tour to South Africa inOctober
01-Aug-2001Indian spin ace Anil Kumble, who returned to full-fledged competitivecricket today after a nine-month injury layoff, expressed confidenceof being 100 per cent fit before India’s tour to South Africa inOctober.”I am 80 per cent fit now and confident of being totally fit in twomonths,” Kumble, who is leading the Karnataka State CricketAssociation XI in the ongoing KSCA Diamond Jubilee All Indiatournament in Bangalore, told reporters.But Kumble has to wait a bit longer to bowl as on the rain-curtailedopening day of the three-day fixture today, Andhra won the toss andput KSCA into bat. KSCA were 117 for two at stumps.Kumble, who is returning to competitive cricket for the first timeafter withdrawing midway through a one-day series in Sharjah inOctober and undergoing shoulder surgery in Johannesburg in January,said he has been bowling 20 to 30 overs a day now and hoped that hewould regain his form.Kumble has taken 276 wickets from 61 Tests. He had turned up for hisalma mater club, Young Cricketers, in a third division league tie lastmonth, taking three for 49.