Abhishek Nayar talk to his players during the India Men’s Test training in December 2024 in Australia (photo Josh Chadwick/Getty Images) Bombay: UP Warriorz (UPW) on Friday named former India Allarther Abhishek Nayar for his head coach for the upcoming Women’s Premier League season (WPL). Nayar’s appointment comes after the franchise said goodbye to their former head coach Jon Lewis, who has been in the rudder over the last three seasons.Nayar, a seasoned coach, was an assistant to the Indian team coach and is currently also assistant to the coach of Kalkata Knight. In 2024 he was assistant coach KKR, when he won his third title IPL in 2024. Nayar recorded in 2009 in 2009.After retirement in 2019, a 41 -year -old player took over various roles and also mentor and led several of the best crickets, such as Indian Captain Odi Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Kl Rahul and Dinesh Karthik. While Rohit attributed his return to the form in IPL 2025, Karthik praised him for his revival T20, allowing him to make India comeback. Rahul is looking for a nayara for tabs around the land in Mumbai.In 2018 he was the head coach of Kalkata Knight Riders Academy and then joined the KRKR support staff as an assistant coach. In 2022 he was also the head coach Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in CPL.In July 2024, Nayar joined the India team as an assistant coach, but had to stop less than a year to work. Subsequently, the KKR was immediately accepted as their assistant coach for IPL 2025, who played the same role from 2018 to 2024 and also operated KKR Academy.Nayar was also a mentor of Mumbai South Central Marathha Royals, winner of the T20 Mumbai League this year.Kshemal Waingankar, Coo and UPW cricket director, said to Toi: “Based Abhishek Nayar on board on board Nayar’s appointment when it became available in the Indian cricket as a natural and exciting step forward. Angkrish Raghuvanki.“We are excited to let him lead the side of Warriorz, which is united, fearless and hungry to grow. With Abhishek at the rudder we believe that this group can do something really special,” he added.This is the first time that Nayar wishes for a female team, although in August 2023 in Bengalur, a weekly off -season camp with UPW.
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UPW still has to win the WPL-wait title to hope that Nayar will help them end them. The Lucknow party came to the playoffs in the opening season in 2023, where they lost with any champion Mumbai Indians in the eliminator. However, they ended up on the second and last of the five WPL teams in 2024 and 2025.UPW was led by the Indian Ace Allrounder Deepti Sharma in WPL 2025 after Australian Captain Alyssa Healy was expelled from the tournament for injury.
