If board sources are to be believed, Nayar has already been intimated of the BCCI’s decision.
The new Standard Operating Procedure of the BCCI has capped the support staff’s tenure at three years.
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, when contacted by PTI, chose to sidestep the query.
“Certain things are being finalised. You will receive a press note from the BCCI in some days,” Saikia said when asked about the development.
The 41-year-old Nayar, a former all-rounder who played three ODIs but was largely a domestic stalwart with 103 first-class games.
His presence deemed ‘counter-productive’
It is learnt 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.
“…just after the tour of Australia, there was a review meeting conducted by the BCCI. The top officials of the board, including secretary Devajit Saikia and vice-president Rajeev Shukla, were present along with important members associated with the Indian team, and the national selectors,” the BCCI source said.
“On the sidelines of the meeting, a powerful member of the support staff expressed his apprehensions about Nayar’s presence and said how him being in the dressing room is proving to be counter-productive.
It is understood that Nayar was not the first-choice assistant for head coach Gautam Gambhir when the appointments were finalised.
Nayar and Dilip have been the Indian skipper’s “most trusted lieutenants” and it is not known whether Rohit was kept in the loop by the BCCI mandarins about these decisions.
