3 min learnFeb 14, 2026 11:23 AM IST
The Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation (KSCA) has renamed two stands of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium after India greats Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Shantha Rangaswamy. The trio, who’ve all captained India, performed their dwelling matches in home cricket for Karnataka over the course of their illustrious careers and had been current on the occassion.
“I do know this could imply loads to my household,” stated Dravid on the ceremony. “My father beloved the sport and he was instrumental in creating the love for the game that I’ve. He introduced me right here. to so many video games. Not simply the Check matches however for Ranji Trophy video games as nicely.”
Dravid stated that the truth that he’s sharing this occassion with Kumble and Rangaswamy is particular. “To be honoured alongside facet Shantha Rangaswamy at this time, somebody who has made an enormous contribution to girls’s cricket. I believe the way in which we see how girls’s sport in all fields has progressed at this time, I believe an enormous credit score ought to go to pioneers like Shantha Rangaswamy for what they did when it was very troublesome to play sport and play cricket on this nation.”
Kumble is India’s highest wicket-taker in each Exams and ODIs whereas Dravid stays second highest Check run-getter after Sachin Tendulkar. Rangaswamy was the Indian girls’s workforce’s first captain, main the Check workforce from 1976 to 1984.
“I don’t assume it might be out of flip to state that every one our contributions have made Karnataka cricket what it’s, simply as Karnataka cricket is what has made all of us,” Kumble was quoted as saying in a media launch.
“It’s probably not about whose title is on which stand. It’s actually particular that every one the contributions have been recognised and are actually completely etched within the stadium,” he added.
Kumble was additionally completely happy that Dravid and former girls’s nationwide workforce skipper Shantha Rangaswamy have additionally been recognised with stands of their title.
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“It’s very nice that my cricketing colleague Rahul Dravid and Shantha Rangaswamy are additionally being recognised for his or her large contributions to Karnataka and Indian cricket. Congratulations to all of you,” he stated.
“To see the stands named after so lots of our legends, some who I had the privilege of taking part in with and others who set the tone and instance for us to observe at KSCA, is so simply great,” he added.