The controversy over Indian cricket team manager Chetan Desai's report on the South Africa tour took a new turn on Wednesday with the Board of Control for Cricket in India claiming it hasn't received any such report.
A day after a television channel's sensational disclosure that coach Greg Chappell and Virender Sehwag were engaged in a feud during the Durban Test, the BCCI continued to maintain silence on the authenticity of Desai's report.
"We cannot be reacting to every report in the media," said BCCI president Sharad Pawar, when asked about the incident.
BCCI media committee chairman Rajiv Shukla also feigned ignorance.
"The BCCI president said he has not received such a report. Without knowing what is there in the report and it's authenticity, we cannot comment on what a TV channel is showing," Shukla said.
He also declined to comment on captain Rahul Dravid's outburst in Kolkata dismissing Desai as someone who has no standing in the game.
"I don't think it would be appropriate to comment on this," he said.
Team managers are normally required to submit their tour reports to the BCCI within two weeks after completion of the assignment. India's tour of South Africa ended in the first week of January and Desai, who is also the secretary of the Goa Cricket Association, said he had already submitted his report.
The television channel said Desai, in his report, was critical of Sehwag's attitude to the game and also did not spare Dravid for being stubborn in selection matters, especially in the crucial third Test in Cape Town where an unfit Munaf Patel was chosen.
