Former India captain Anil Kumble has pulled out of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL), citing personal commitments, India's cricket board said Tuesday.
Kumble, captain of the Royal Challengers Banga-lore franchise, had been instrumental in his team's turnaround in the 2009 edition, leading the side to the final of the money-spinning Twenty20 tournament.
The leg-spinner was not retained by his franchise for this season and was among those players put up for auction with the highest reserve price of 400,000 dollars.