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    "title": "Abhishek Nayar, T. Dilip, Soham Desai Likely To Be Removed From India Men\u2019s Support Staff: Sources",
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    "excerpt": "Kolkata Knight Riders: In a major development, Abhishek Nayar, T. Dilip, and Soham Desai are likely to be removed from the India men\u2019s cricket team support staff. Sources have also told IANS that a team masseur, whose identity is yet to be known, has also been removed from the national set-up.",
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    "editor1": "Kolkata Knight Riders: In a major development, Abhishek Nayar, T. Dilip, and Soham Desai are likely to be removed from the India men\u2019s cricket team support staff. Sources have also told IANS that a team masseur, whose identity is yet to be known, has also been removed from the national set-up.<p>Nayar had come on board as the Indian team assistant coach in July last year after leaving Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) while Dilip and Desai have been a part of the set-up from November 2021 and October 2020 respectively. The quartet had been a part of India's 2025 Champions Trophy triumph in an unbeaten campaign in Dubai.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cSome people in the Board had been saying about what\u2019s the point of having so many people in men\u2019s team support staff, especially after the debacle of Test series defeat in Australia. They had this view that with so many coaches there, the support staff of the men\u2019s team gave a crowded look.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cSo, this can\u2019t be called sacking, it\u2019s just about giving the support staff a lean look. Also, this can\u2019t make the likes of Nayar, Dilip and Desai as good or bad coaches, because they still have a lot more to offer to Indian cricket and shaping its future players,\u201d said sources to IANS on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>A lot of batters in the Indian team, including KL Rahul, had credited Nayar for the mindset shift to achieve success in white-ball cricket. The same optimistic response had come for Dilip, under whom the Indian team reached top-notch levels in fielding. The masseur in question is also believed to have been with the Indian team for a couple of years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sources have also said to IANS that the responsibilities of Nayar and Dilip will be fully taken up by batting coach Sitanshu Kotak and assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate, who was the fielding coach in Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the side where head coach Gautam Gambhir was the mentor before making the shift to the Indian team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>A lot of batters in the Indian team, including KL Rahul, had credited Nayar for the mindset shift to achieve success in white-ball cricket. The same optimistic response had come for Dilip, under whom the Indian team reached top-notch levels in fielding. The masseur in question is also believed to have been with the Indian team for a couple of years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/tagging\/highest-tax-paying-cricketers\">Highest tax paying cricketers<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Article Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ians.in\/english-wire\/sports\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">IANS<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n",
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