Overview
- BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed on Tuesday that Ryan ten Doeschate’s two-year contract and T. Dilip’s one-year extension ended in June and will not be renewed, and both stayed on only until the end of the UK white-ball tour.
- Ten Doeschate has taken an official role with Kolkata Knight Riders as Head of Cricket Strategy, a franchise-focused job that reduces his international travel and covers scouting, recruitment and cross-club performance work.
- T. Dilip will not travel for India’s Sri Lanka Tests and the board is fast-tracking a successor for the fielding role, with Subhadeep Ghosh reported as the leading candidate.
- The changes leave Gautam Gambhir to finalise his backroom team before India depart for the two-Test tour of Sri Lanka, which begins on August 15 and feeds into the new World Test Championship cycle.
- Ten Doeschate’s time on India’s staff overlapped with major white-ball success, including the 2025 Champions Trophy, 2025 Asia Cup and 2026 T20 World Cup, while Test losses during the same period influenced how the support group was judged.