Is Abhishek Nayar headed again to Kolkata Knight Riders fold?

A Hindustan Instances report, in the meantime, says Gambhir didn’t ‘object’ to Nayar’s sacking after solely eight months into the contrac, although that is all however pure. There are a variety of theories in circulation concerning the causes behind the axe falling on Nayar, essentially the most credible being that he was made a scapegoat as home veteran Sitangshu Kotak had already been appointed as batting coach after the Australia tour to ship a robust message throughout to Nayar that his days had been numbered.

The potential of Nayar’s return to KKR appears a definite one beneath the circumstances, although the dugout hardly has any ‘emptiness’ for the time being. Dwayne Bravo is the brand new mentor, veteran Chandrakant Pandit the top coach, Bharat Arun is bowling coach, and West Indian Otis Gibson is assistant coach. The Purple Military’s marketing campaign, in the meantime, has been inconsistent this season, although they’re nonetheless within the reckoning and the administration could not need to rock the boat halfway by way of.

Whereas Nayar’s worldwide expertise could also be restricted to a few ODIs, he had been instrumental in shaping the careers of a lot of unheralded gamers into completed merchandise at their academy — Chakravarthy, Rinku Singh, younger Angkrish Raghuvanshi, tempo bowlers Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora, whereas former KKR captain Dinesh Karthik formally appointed him as a batting mentor.

Okay.L. Rahul, a senior member of the Indian squad, had brazenly lauded Nayar’s contribution to his type on the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai. The final, it appears, is but to be heard on the Abhishek Nayar saga.