The BCCI has initiated a sweeping shake-up of the Indian men’s cricket team’s support staff following a disappointing end to the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. Assistant coach Abhishek Nayar has been relieved of his duties just eight months after his appointment, with fielding coach T. Dilip and strength and conditioning coach Soham Desai also shown the door.

India’s decline in form during the final stretch of the WTC, where they lost six of their last ten Tests, including a 0-3 whitewash at home against New Zealand and a 1-3 defeat in Australia, ultimately cost them a spot in the WTC final. The surrender of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, their first loss in the marquee series in a decade, was reportedly the final blow that triggered the BCCI’s decision.