Kumble ruled out of rest of tour, flying home

St. John's (Antigua), May 12: Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble has been ruled out of the rest of the India's West Indies tour due to a fractured jaw and will fly back home on Monday.

"Kumble will fly back to India tomorrow afternoon," Gautam Dasgupta, the Indian team's manager, said on Sunday.

"We took him to the hospital for x-rays this morning and it was found that the jaw was severely fractured," he said.

Kumble had been hit square on his jaw by a rising delivery from paceman Mervyn Dillon during his knock of six on the second day of the fourth test match on Saturday at the Antigua Recreation Ground.

Indian team's physiotherapist Andrew Leipus said Kumble would have to undergo surgery and was also ruled out for the five-match one-day series in West Indies starting on May 25.

"It's not great news," Indian team coach John Wright said. "We're hoping he'll be fine soon."

Dasgupta said the Indian team management had decided not to call for any replacement for the last test in Jamaica starting on May 18.

Kumble, India's most successful current bowler with 318 wickets in 69 tests, was recalled for the fourth test after being left out of the last two tests at Trinidad and Barbados.

The 31-year-old took all 10 Pakistani second innings wickets at New Delhi in early 1999 to equal the world record of England's Jim Laker and set up a memorable series-levelling win.