5 of the most high-profile sackings in Indian cricket history

#4 Sandeep Patil - Coach (1996)

Patil was fired by the BCCI in the aftermath of India's wretched tour of England

An integral part of the World Cup-winning team of 1983, Sandeep Patil was a man of many talents. He was the director of the National Cricket Academy and the chairman of selectors of the BCCI. He also guided Kenya to the semi-finals of the 2003 World Cup.

After exhibiting his coaching skills with the India A team, he took over as coach of the Indian team in 1996, as Ajit Wadekar's successor. However, his appointment turned out to be an extremely brief one.

He was made the scapegoat for the team's inadequate performance against England. India lost the ODI series 0-2 and surrendered the Test series 0-1 to a fairly mediocre outfit.

The Indian board quickly replaced Patil with his former teammate Madan Lal.