Chandigarh,18 April 2025 : Hours after news reports of BCCI prematurely terminating India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar’s contract started making the rounds, leg-spinner Varun Chakaravarthy posted a story on Instagram for the former India all-rounder. Varun became the first and only prominent member of the current Indian side to react remotely to the development.
Varun’s Instagram story featured his and Nayar’s photo during a Kolkata Knight Riders’ training session in the IPL. Varun didn’t use a caption or emoji to describe the photograph; instead just tagged Abhishek Nayar in bright and bold letters. Interestingly, Instagram gives users multiple options to hide or submerge the tagged in the photograph but Chakaravarthy did not use any of those.
Before joining hands in the Indian side last year, Nayar and Varun spent a lot of time in the KKR camp. Varun and Nayar have been associated with KKR for a long time. Varun became a household name ever since joining KKR in IPL 2020 while Nayar’s association with the Knights dates back to 2018 when he was first appointed the head of their academy.
Summary:
Varun Chakravarthy shared a silent Instagram tribute to sacked coach Abhishek Nayar, sparking speculation and support amid BCCI’s recent coaching staff changes.