BCCI denies tiff with M S Dhoni

The Indian cricket board on Friday denied reports of a tiff with captain M S Dhoni in Chennai over the playing XI squad in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup .

Reacting to media reports that harsh words were exchanged between chairman of selectors Krishnamachari Srikkanth and M S Dhoni ?at the team hotel in Chennai, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said no such meeting took place.

“The BCCI would like to clarify that these reports are baseless. No such meeting took place,” BCCI president-elect N Srinivasan said.

BCCI issued the statement in “reference to reports in some newspapers about a ?meeting? having taken place between the Indian captain and Chairman of Selectors in Chennai yesterday, at which the BCCI Secretary was also present.”

It denied the report that some ?harsh? words were exchanged, and the captain ?urged? to change the playing XI.

Earlier media reports said Dhoni and the selectors were not on the same page on the playing XI.