Overview
- Multiple reports say Ten Doeschate informed the BCCI on Tuesday that he wants to be relieved and could finish after the third ODI at Lord's on Sunday, July 19, if the board agrees.
- He is reported to have made the decision mainly for family reasons, wanting to spend more time in London with his wife and three young sons, and to cut back on the heavy travel the India role requires.
- Sources and news agency reports add that his initial two-year BCCI contract recently ended around July 12–14, which has made timing for any departure straightforward.
- A second factor cited is role clarity: Ten Doeschate says he was promised a specialist fielding-coach role that never materialised because T. Dilip retained the fielding job, limiting Ten Doeschate's defined duties.
- The final call rests with Gambhir and the BCCI, the exit is described as likely to be amicable, and Ten Doeschate has held talks with at least one IPL franchise while India prepares for upcoming tours that will require a replacement.