Joe Dawes is safe in his role as India's bowling coach: Sanjay Patel

Indian cricket coach Duncan Fletcher (L) and bowling coach Joe Dawes

Sanjay Patel, the BCCI secretary, has rubbished the reports suggesting that the Board is looking to replace Joe Dawes, the Indian bowling coach. Cricinfo, in one of its reports, suggested that Dawes is on the firing line for the MS Dhoni led team’s miserable overseas performances in the last couple of years; however, it also added that the positions of Duncan Fletcher, the head coach, and Trevor Penney, the fielding coach, were safe.

Patel said: “Nothing of this sort is being planned and this is not going to come up at the Working Committee meeting to be held tomorrow in Bhubaneswar. We have to take stock of the situation by talking to the coach (Fletcher). India is now touring (playing in the Asia Cup in Bangladesh).”

Patel had previously mentioned that the Board officials will have a meeting with Fletcher and Dhoni after the World Cup T20, which is scheduled to take place in Bangladesh, starting on April 6.