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27-Jul-2001Indian spin ace Anil Kumble, who is returning to full-fledgedcompetitive cricket after a nine-month injury layoff, will be the starattraction in the Karnataka State Cricket Association Diamond JubileeAll India Invitation Tournament for the Coromandel Trophy to be heldin Bangalore and Mysore from tomorrow.Kumble, who is hoping to return for India’s tour of South Africa inOctober, is leading the KSCA XI in the tournament, which would go ontill August 15 with 14 teams taking part.Besides KSCA XI, which also has in its ranks Test discards VenkateshPrasad and Sunil Joshi, the other teams to be seen in action are:India Pistons, MRF, Hyderabad, Roofit (Mumbai), India Cements, Kerala,KSCA Colts, Andhra, Indian Airlines, ONGC, NCA, BPL and Chemplast.KSCA officials told reporters last night the winner would take home Rsone lakh and the runner-up Rs 50,000.The tournament is expected to give Kumble a clear idea on the currentstatus of his fitness. He had appeared for his alma mater club, YoungCricketers, earlier this month in a third division league tie inBangalore, taking three for 49. It was his first game afterwithdrawing midway through a one-day series in Sharjah in October lastand after undergoing shoulder surgery in Johannesburg in January.The 30-year-old leg-spinner has taken 276 wickets from 61 Tests.