MUMBAI: Batting coach

's stint is coming to an end and charges of ‘lack of trust' are being sounded out as reason for the exit after a five-year stint.

On Wednesday morning, as India's tour of the Caribbean concluded with a resounding win for

& Co, news trickled in that Bangar, who was in the middle of his final assignment, had barged into the room of one of the national selectors —

— around two weeks ago and had a heated exchange over his impending omission as batting coach of the national team.

"(When the selection committee was conducting interviews) … He went and knocked on Devang's door late in the evening and gave him and the selection committee an earful. He warned the selectors that the team would rally around him and the decision (to replace him) would fall flat. It wasn't required. It wasn't the team's job to decide on support staff. It was the selectors' call,” sources in the know told TOI.

Bangar also reportedly told Gandhi that if the selectors didn't see him fitting into the role of India's batting coach, they should try and include him somewhere in the National Cricket Academy (NCA). "But that is not a decision for the selection committee to make. Right now, the board is clearly not happy with his behaviour. Too many instances have been brought to the notice of COA chief Vinod Rai," said a source.

Repeated attempts to contact Bangar went in vain.

Brought on board as assistant coach of the Indian team back in 2014, Bangar spent five years in the job before the national selectors thought it was time to rope in fresh faces in order to let newer ideas seep in.

Bangar may be peeved but those in the know say there is no reason for him to be. "The fact is that trust became an issue within the team when it came to dealing with Sanjay," sources said.

Within the team management, it has been held against Bangar that he never concurred with the team management's decision to push MS Dhoni up the batting order despite the ‘popular' opinion within the team. "There was a complete mismatch of ideas. Yet, it's not like anyone complained against him. If answers have to be sought, it is the COA's job. The COA will be looking into this," sources added.