Abhishek Nayar and Gautam Gambir file photo.© AFP
Abhishek Nayar, deputy coach of the Indian cricket team, recently dismissed by the BCCI, joined a new team. The post-socle of the loss of the Gavaskar Trophy of India against Australia was felt on Wednesday when sources said that the assistant coach of the team led by Rohit Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, had been dismissed despite his mandate only in his mandate. In addition, coach Soham Desai and Fielding T Dilip coach would not continue their respective roles.
Nayar has now joined Kolkata Knight Riders. Nayar was later associated with the IPL team when Gautam Gambir was the mentor. The two forged a brilliant partnership which saw KKR win the IPL 2024.
Welcome home, @ abhisheknayar1 pic.twitter.com/iwjqtnawxa
– Kolkataknighriders (@Kkriders) April 19, 2025
While most reports said Nayar was kidnapped after India’s bad show on the Australian tour, the PTI news agency offered an interesting detail.
A PTI report said Nayar’s dismissal was on the cards after Sitanshu Kotak had been added to the Indian team support staff as an additional striker.
“… just after the tour of Australia, there was a review meeting led by the BCCI. The senior officials of the board of directors, including the secretary Devajit Saikia and the vice-president Rajeev Shukla, were present with important members associated with the Indian team, and the national selectors,” said a BCCI source cited by the press agency.
“On the sidelines of the meeting, a powerful member of the support staff expressed their apprehensions about the presence of Nayar and said that the fact that he was in the locker room turns out to be counterproductive.
“Although the BCCI did not act immediately but they brought Kotak, the former Sarashtra race accumulator. It was a way of lowering Nayar during the champions trophy,” added the source.
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