Former Test skipper Anil Kumble has been appointed India coach after agreeing terms on one-year deal with the BCCI.
Kumble, whose only coaching experience has been as mentor of the Mumbai and Bangalore teams in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament, will take over before the team's tour of the West Indies next month.
"After discussions with various stakeholders we have taken the final call that for next one year Anil Kumble will be the head coach," BCCI President Anurag Thakur told reporters in Dharamsala.
Kumble, whose only coaching experience has been as mentor of the Mumbai and Bangalore teams in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament, will take over before the team's tour of the West Indies next month.
"After discussions with various stakeholders we have taken the final call that for next one year Anil Kumble will be the head coach," BCCI President Anurag Thakur told reporters in Dharamsala.