On Tuesday, the coach of the Indian women’s team Tushar Arothe hang his boots from his job as according to him, his position became indefensible after the allegations of differences with some of the star players, who had protested against his training methods.

This is the second time during the CoA tenure that a national coach has resigned because of the rift with the cricketers. Last year, men’s team head coach Anil Kumble resigned after his much-publicised differences with captain Virat Kohli.

BCCI’s media release about Arothe’s resignation read: “The BCCI on Tuesday accepted India women’s team coach Mr. Tushar Arothe’s resignation. Mr. Arothe cited personal reasons behind his resignation and thanked the BCCI for giving him an opportunity to work with the Indian women’s cricket team.”

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However, a senior BCCI official has revealed that some of the senior cricketers wanted immediate ejection of Arothe. As quoted in PTI, he said, “It was almost final after the last meeting of CoA with the senior players. BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary, GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim and CEO Rahul Johri were also present. There have been adverse reports about his coaching methods from players, selectors and even the team manager.”

The BCCI official also said that some of the influenced women cricketers were against the coach which also led to his resignation.

CoA member Diana Edulji, a former India skipper, is currently calling the shots as far as women’s cricket is concerned. Although BCCI didn’t disclose the names, some of the reports are leading to a conclusion that ODI skipper Mithali Raj and T20I skipper Harmanpreet Kaur did not have good things to say about Arothe’s coaching methods when the BCCI officials sought their feedback.

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Arothe have had played 114 114 first-class games, had guided the team to the 50-over World Cup final in England last year. However, it was twin defeat against minnows Bangladesh in the Asia Cup including one in the final that became is last performance.

One of the major reason of annoyance was Arothe’s training methods. While the coach was keen on having two practice sessions of two and half hours each in morning and afternoon, some of the seniors in their mid-30s were finding it difficult to cope with the strenuous schedule.