Anil Kumble's first assignment starts with a minor jolt

The new Indian head coach Anil Kumble‘s first assignment of Caribbean tour started with a minor problem. Team India along with the support staff landed in St. Kitts after a long flight from London. On landing, Kumble realised that British Airways had left his kit at Gatwick airport, central London.

British Airways apologised to the former Indian leg-spinner in a hilarious way. BA took to Twitter to regret the incident.

“@anilkumble1074 We’re sorry your bags are ‘not out’ to St Kitts! They have been ‘caught behind’ your flight from Gatwick. We are looking to ‘bowl’ you over with our service recovery,” tweeted BA.

However, this is not the first time that cricketers have landed without their kits. Once an ODI match between India and Australia in 1984 got abandoned in Jamshedpur due to missing kits. The Aussie players landed in Jamshedpur but their clothes did not. They finally arrived by road from Kolkata.

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Virat Kohli-led team will play a two-day warm-up match versus the West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI at St Kitts from July 9. Guyana wicketkeeper-batsman Leon Johnson will lead the 12-member president’s XI side. India and West Indies will play a four-Test series starting from July 21 in Antigua.

Indian Test squad for the tour of West Indies:

Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Stuart Binny, Shardul Thakur.

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WICB President’s Squad:

Leon Johnson (Captain), Jermaine Blackwood, Rajendra Chandrika, Roston Chase, Jason Dawes, Shane Dowrich, Shai Hope, Damion Jacobs, Keon Joseph, Marquino Mindley, Vishaul Singh, Jomel Warrican