KSCA officially unveils Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble Stands at M Chinnaswamy Stadium

The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) on Sunday officially unveiled the two ends at the iconic M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru after former India captains Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s game against arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings. 

The old BEML end was renamed after Dravid while the pavilion end was honoured after Kumble. 

The ceremony was attended by KSCA president Venkatesh Prasad and vice-president Sujith Somasundar, along with secretary Santosh Menon and other association members. 

Both of Dravid and Kumble’s families were also in attendance for the special occasion. 

The KSCA in February had announced that Dravid, Kumble and former India cricketer Shantha Rangaswamy will have stands/ends honoured after them. 

“It’s been a second home to me. It’s been a place where we’ve probably spent more time than we have in our houses. But it’s also a place that has truly given me everything I am today. I can never be grateful enough for what the KSCA and this great, iconic ground have given me in my life,” Dravid had earlier said. 

Meanwhile Kumble also shared the attachment he has with the venue since his childhood days.

“Coming here to watch a match as a nine-year-old and then to see my name on top of a pavilion is very special,” he had said.

Kumble is India’s highest wicket-taker in Tests and ODIs with 619 and 337 wickets respectively while Dravid (13,288) is the second-highest run-scorer in Tests for the country.