NEW DELHI: The Board of Management for Cricket in India is but to make it official however in all chance, Abhishek Nayar shall be becoming a member of the Indian workforce in Sri Lanka for the white-ball tour involving three T20Is and as many ODIs.
Alongside former Dutch worldwide Ryan ten Doeschate, Nayar is ready to tackle his new function in Workforce India help employees as an assistant coach because the workforce begins its new journey beneath Gautam Gambhir.
A part of the IPL profitable Kolkata Knight Riders, earlier this 12 months, Nayar — a former India worldwide — is a well-known determine in home and franchise cricket and has been accountable in getting fairly a couple of India stars to their greatest.
Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik and Rinku Singh, all have had the assistance and steerage of Nayar, who took them out of their robust phases and helped them attain their best possible.
Nayar, who’s one in every of Rohit’s first closest pals within the Mumbai cricket circles will now be working alongside him within the Indian workforce.
The friendship of Nayar and Rohit goes method again.
In 2011, when Rohit missed a possibility to be a part of the World Cup workforce as a result of he was unfit, he went to work with Nayar.
It was Nayar who helped him together with his coaching routine.
“When Rohit was not picked for the 2011 World Cup, I at all times advised him ‘let’s work laborious’. As a result of he had gained a little bit of weight at the moment. A visible, an advert was aired, which confirmed Rohit and Yuvraj [Singh] standing, and there was a circle marked round Rohit’s tummy with an arrow pointing in direction of it. I’ll always remember it. We had been at dwelling, watching TV. And that visible, Rohit mentioned I’ve to alter this (notion),” Nayar mentioned in a YouTube podcast.
“Folks used to say loads of issues about him. Two-minute Maggi-man and stuff like that. There have been loads of issues mentioned about Rohit Sharma. That modified every part. He mentioned to me ‘I will do no matter you say, however when the IPL will get over, individuals ought to say ‘he isn’t the identical Rohit Sharma. He’s another person’,” Nayar mentioned.
Nayar additionally had an enormous function within the transformation of now retired Dinesh Karthik.
Each knew one another from their Beneath-16 cricket days and it was Nayar who satisfied Karthik to change into a finisher within the second section of his profession.
“In 2018, Abhishek [Nayar] mentioned we will do one thing actually particular should you bat within the center. It’s the hardest spot to play and you will get a lot lesser balls however you may create a significantly better affect. In time, individuals will begin understanding it’s specialist place, let’s be forward of the curve and let’s begin practising with profitable video games in thoughts,” Karthik mentioned advised Cricbuzz.
Among the many younger India expertise, Nayar shares a particular bond with KKR star Rinku Singh with whom he began working in 2018.
In November 2023, Karthik shared insights into Nayar’s unwavering perception in Rinku’s expertise and his pivotal function through the left-hander’s damage section.
“Nayar at all times noticed the potential in Rinku, he saved telling me, it was solely a matter of time earlier than he (Rinku) did one thing actually particular,” Karthik wrote on X.
“Coming from a small city in Aligarh, all he wanted was to assume large, and I feel that shift in mindset was what Nayar labored with Rinku majorly about, aside from fine-tuning his death-hitting expertise.
“Even throughout Rinku’s ACL damage, Nayar’s conviction within the younger expertise prompted KKR to incorporate him within the workforce.
“Rinku stayed with Nayar post-IPL for an prolonged interval, present process rehabilitation and honing his batting expertise. The end result was a stellar home season and the emergence of Rinku as a “MATCH-WINNING FINISHER.”
Nayar, who performed 3 ODIs for India and has labored intently with Gambhir on the KKR, comes with a excessive popularity as a pointy cricket thoughts and a way of life/motivational coach.
Nayar performed top notch cricket for Mumbai and represented Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, Pune Warriors India and Rajasthan Royals within the IPL.
As a coach, Nayar was with KKR for six years.
Alongside former Dutch worldwide Ryan ten Doeschate, Nayar is ready to tackle his new function in Workforce India help employees as an assistant coach because the workforce begins its new journey beneath Gautam Gambhir.
A part of the IPL profitable Kolkata Knight Riders, earlier this 12 months, Nayar — a former India worldwide — is a well-known determine in home and franchise cricket and has been accountable in getting fairly a couple of India stars to their greatest.
Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik and Rinku Singh, all have had the assistance and steerage of Nayar, who took them out of their robust phases and helped them attain their best possible.
Nayar, who’s one in every of Rohit’s first closest pals within the Mumbai cricket circles will now be working alongside him within the Indian workforce.
The friendship of Nayar and Rohit goes method again.
In 2011, when Rohit missed a possibility to be a part of the World Cup workforce as a result of he was unfit, he went to work with Nayar.
It was Nayar who helped him together with his coaching routine.
“When Rohit was not picked for the 2011 World Cup, I at all times advised him ‘let’s work laborious’. As a result of he had gained a little bit of weight at the moment. A visible, an advert was aired, which confirmed Rohit and Yuvraj [Singh] standing, and there was a circle marked round Rohit’s tummy with an arrow pointing in direction of it. I’ll always remember it. We had been at dwelling, watching TV. And that visible, Rohit mentioned I’ve to alter this (notion),” Nayar mentioned in a YouTube podcast.
“Folks used to say loads of issues about him. Two-minute Maggi-man and stuff like that. There have been loads of issues mentioned about Rohit Sharma. That modified every part. He mentioned to me ‘I will do no matter you say, however when the IPL will get over, individuals ought to say ‘he isn’t the identical Rohit Sharma. He’s another person’,” Nayar mentioned.
Nayar additionally had an enormous function within the transformation of now retired Dinesh Karthik.
Each knew one another from their Beneath-16 cricket days and it was Nayar who satisfied Karthik to change into a finisher within the second section of his profession.
“In 2018, Abhishek [Nayar] mentioned we will do one thing actually particular should you bat within the center. It’s the hardest spot to play and you will get a lot lesser balls however you may create a significantly better affect. In time, individuals will begin understanding it’s specialist place, let’s be forward of the curve and let’s begin practising with profitable video games in thoughts,” Karthik mentioned advised Cricbuzz.
Among the many younger India expertise, Nayar shares a particular bond with KKR star Rinku Singh with whom he began working in 2018.
In November 2023, Karthik shared insights into Nayar’s unwavering perception in Rinku’s expertise and his pivotal function through the left-hander’s damage section.
“Nayar at all times noticed the potential in Rinku, he saved telling me, it was solely a matter of time earlier than he (Rinku) did one thing actually particular,” Karthik wrote on X.
“Coming from a small city in Aligarh, all he wanted was to assume large, and I feel that shift in mindset was what Nayar labored with Rinku majorly about, aside from fine-tuning his death-hitting expertise.
“Even throughout Rinku’s ACL damage, Nayar’s conviction within the younger expertise prompted KKR to incorporate him within the workforce.
“Rinku stayed with Nayar post-IPL for an prolonged interval, present process rehabilitation and honing his batting expertise. The end result was a stellar home season and the emergence of Rinku as a “MATCH-WINNING FINISHER.”
Nayar, who performed 3 ODIs for India and has labored intently with Gambhir on the KKR, comes with a excessive popularity as a pointy cricket thoughts and a way of life/motivational coach.
Nayar performed top notch cricket for Mumbai and represented Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, Pune Warriors India and Rajasthan Royals within the IPL.
As a coach, Nayar was with KKR for six years.
