Team India Physio Kamlesh Jain Resigns Amid Staff Changes
Team India physio Kamlesh Jain has tendered his resignation, adding another significant name to the growing list of backroom departures around the national side.
Jain, currently with the squad in New Delhi for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan starting September 13, has already submitted his papers to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The board has not yet formally accepted the resignation, but the process is in motion.
Notice period ticking down
Those familiar with the developments in the Indian camp and at the BCCI indicate that Jain is serving a three-month notice period. On that timeline, the upcoming tour of New Zealand — scheduled to run until early December — is likely to be his final assignment with the national team, unless the board decides to release him earlier.
The Chennai-based physio joined the Indian team setup in June 2022, stepping into the role after Nitin Patel moved to the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. Patel has since left that position and taken up a role with Mumbai Indians, underlining the churn in India’s support staff ecosystem.
Travel fatigue and a young family
The trigger for his exit is not a dressing-room rift or professional fallout, but something more prosaic and, in elite sport, increasingly common: the grind of constant travel.
Jain is understood to have asked out of the role because of the relentless touring schedule attached to the Indian team job. With a young family at home, the near year-round travel has weighed heavily. One source close to the situation underlined that while he has enjoyed his association with the national side, the time away has become too much.
The BCCI has not issued any formal statement or comment on Jain’s resignation yet.
Part of a wider exodus
His decision does not stand alone. It follows a series of exits from India’s support staff in recent months, hinting at a broader phase of transition behind the scenes.
Fielding coach T Dilip, a long-serving and widely respected figure in the setup, moved on after the recent tour of the UK. Around the same time, assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate also left his role with the national team. He has since returned to franchise cricket, joining Kolkata Knight Riders.
For a team that lives under constant scrutiny on the field, these quieter shifts off it can easily slip under the radar. Yet they shape everything from player fitness and fielding standards to dressing-room continuity.
As the Afghanistan series begins and the New Zealand tour looms, the Indian team will play on as usual. The faces in the dugout, though, are changing — and the BCCI now has another key role to fill in a backroom structure that suddenly looks far less settled than it did a few months ago.
