File photo of Abhishek Nair and Gautam Gambhir.© AFP
Abhishek Nair, assistant coach of the Indian cricket team, who was recently dismissed by the BCCI, has joined a new team. India’s border against Australia was felt on Wednesday following the loss of the Gavaskar Trophy as sources claimed that Rohit Sharma -led team assistant coach Abhishek Nair was dismissed despite being only eight months in his tenure with the national side. Apart from this, trainer Soham Desai and Fielding Coach T Dileep will not continue in their roles.
Now, Nair has joined Kolkata Knight Riders. Nair was previously associated with the IPL team when Gautam Gambhir was a patron. Both of them shared a great partnership, in which KKR won IPL 2024.
Welcome back home, @abhiheknayar1 pic.twitter.com/iwjqtnawxa
– kolkataknightriders (@kkriders) 19 April, 2025
While most of the reports claimed that Nair was being removed after India’s poor show on a tour of Australia, the news agency PTI came with an interesting details.
A PTI report claimed that after removing Nair, Cardshu Kotak was added to the assistant employees of the Indian team as an additional batting coach.
“… after the tour of Australia, a review meeting held by the BCCI. The top officials of the board, including Secretary Devjit Saikia and Vice President Rajiv Shukla, were present with important members associated with the Indian team and national selectors,” the BCCI source was said by the news agency.
“On the occasion of the meeting, a powerful member of assistant employees expressed his apprehension about Nair’s presence and said how he is proving to be a counter-producer in the dressing room.
“While BCCI did not work immediately, he brought to Kotak, a former Saurashtra run-acumulator. This was a way of Nair’s side-lineing during the Champions Trophy,” said the source.
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