The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday said media speculation about Sunil Gavaskar being asked to step down as chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee is "totally incorrect".
"The ICC has confirmed to the Indian Board that there has been no discussion to remove Gavaskar. The media speculation about removal of Gavaskar based on a report in a London paper is totally incorrect," the BCCI said in a statement.
It further said ICC representatives may discuss with Gavaskar about some of his media articles and report back to the Executive Board in its next meeting.
A report in The Times, London, on Tuesday said that Gavaskar was asked to step down by the ICC.
The 58-year-old former India captain is due to meet ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed and present his case on the controversial media columns he has written.
Gavaskar, a popular television commentator, described England and Australia as "dinosaurs, still trying to voice their prejudiced opinions in the media, and may not open their eyes and see the reality" in a syndicated column at the weekend.
The report said Gavaskar was defending his criticism of match referee Mike Procter, after he ruled against India's Harbhajan Singh for alleged racial abuse of Andrew Symonds in a Test match in Sydney in January.
Gavaskar had reportedly claimed that white South African match referee Procter was biased against Indian players because of the colour of their skin.
