Abhishek Nayar, who was associated with the Indian cricket team as an assistant coach since the last eight months, was sacked by the BCCI last week. While the side's poor performance at the Border Gavaskar Trophy is being seen as a reason behind Nayar's sacking, some reports have made serious allegations. A report by PTI claimed that Nayar's removal was on the cards after Sitanshu Kotak was added to the Indian team's support staff as an additional batting coach.
According to a report in Cricbuzz, Rohit had been working with Nayar even during the IPL last week. In fact, they have been collaborating from before the IPL. Nayar has now joined Kolkata Knight Riders' support staff.
Nayar and former Netherlands star Ryan Ten Doeschate joined Team India's support staff as assistant coaches during the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka last year. Nayar and Doeschate were also assistant coaches at KKR and worked with Gambhir and won the 2024 IPL title with him and captain Shreyas Iyer.