Despite taking the Indian cricket team to new heights, Anil Kumble's stint as coach of the national side came to an abrupt end following a bitter fall-out with skipper Virat Kohli. Both Kumble and Kohli had failed to form a working relationship and their partnership became untenable.

While the Kohli-Kumble saga surely shocked the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the fans on the back of a heart-breaking loss to Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy final, it seems that the Indian captain is still not over the infamous episode.

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Speaking to the BCCI.TV after the fourth ODI between India and Sri Lanka, Kohli lauded and thanked every member of Team India's support staff including coach Ravi Shastri, batting coach Sanjay Bangar, bowling coach Bharat Arun, fielding coach R Sridhar and throwdown expert Raghu.

While he rightly credited them all for India's rise in international cricket in the past few years, the Delhi lad ommitted the name of former coach Anil Kumble who was undeniably pivotal in his role for the national side.

"The support staff's contribution is massive. I was given the captaincy in 2014 end against Australia and how we were number 7 then and how we are number 1 under the same group of people. They are very special to the team and they gel well with the boys," Kohli said.

"All the way down to Raghu, who's the main reason why all of us have been able to take our batting to the next level. He and Sanjay Bangar have worked relentlessly. And Sridhar fielding wise, Arun paaji with the bowlers, Ravi bhai giving the guys confidence and just unlocking their games in a way that I haven't seen many people do before.

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His way of motivating people is on another dimension. We really enjoy working with them, it's like a big family, and we're really really happy in each other's company," concluded the Indian skipper.

Kumble, who was appointed as India's head coach in June 2016, has witnessed the Virat Kohli brigade winning a dozen out of 17 Tests alongside four draws and just one loss that came against Steve Smith's men earlier this year. And, more importantly, India also retained their World No. 1 ranking in the logest version of the game.