Indian Cricket Team Supporting Staff: BCCI has removed assistant coach Abhishek Nair, although his tenure had started only 8 months ago. A total of 3 people have been removed by the board.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken major action after the 1-3 defeat in the Border Gavaskar Trophy this year and the dressing room talks getting leaked during the series. The board has removed BCCI assistant coach Abhishek Nair, even though his tenure had started only 8 months ago. Let us tell you that after losing the BGT series, the BCCI had held a review meeting, in which a member of the team management had complained that dressing room news was getting leaked. 

According to the news published in Dainik Jagran, apart from assistant coach Abhishek Nair, Indian team's fielding coach T Dilip and trainer Soham Desai have also been fired. In the report, citing sources, it was told that no one will be appointed in place of Nair because Sitashu Kotak is already associated with Team India as batting coach. Assistant coach Ryan Ten Descate will look after Dilip's work. 

Trainer Soham Desai will be replaced by Adrian Li Ru, who is currently associated with Punjab Kings in IPL. He was also with the KKR team from 2008 to 2019, he also worked with Team India from 2002 to 2003. He has signed a contract with BCCI.

The BGT series was surrounded by controversies

The Indian team lost the Border Gavaskar Trophy 1-3, in this series Ashwin suddenly retired. Rohit Sharma had pulled out of the Sydney Test, after which speculations started that everything was not well inside the team. News of the Indian dressing room also came out, which further heated up the matter. A member had also complained about this to the BCCI. Earlier, Team India had a shameful performance against New Zealand at home. New Zealand defeated India 3-0 in the Test series.