Dravid said that he was not worried by the BCCI's stand to seek an explanation from him for his outburst against the team manager for the South African tour.
RAJKOT: Showing no signs of repentance, Indian captain Rahul Dravid on Saturday said that he was not worried by the Cricket Board's stand to seek an explanation from him for his outburst against the team manager for the South African tour.
Dravid said controversies had become a part and parcel of Indian cricket and he had learnt to deal with such situations.
"If they ask for an explanation (on his outburst against tour manger Chetan Desai of Goa). I will give it to them. It does not worry me, nothing worries me," he told reporters.
"There have been a lot of controversies in the last few years. It has become part and parcel of Indian cricket. We have learnt how to handle all this. We have to focus on the game", Dravid said.
The BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah had said on Friday that the Board would seek an explanation from Dravid for the outburst but appeared to downplay the whole incident on Sunday.
"We dont want to carry on this controversy endlessly. We wanted to give a message to Dravid (through the media). Thats all," Shah said.
Shah said he had not spoken to Dravid on the subject after the Indian teams arrival here. He was also seen having a conversation with the Indian skipper at the Madhavrao Scindia ground, venue of tomorrows second India-Sri Lanka ODI, after the home teams practice session.
Desai had come under a scathing attack from the Indian skipper for his tour report which criticised Dravid for selecting an out-of-form Virender Sehwag and unfit Munaf Patel in the deciding third Test against South Africa which India lost.
Desai's report was at the moment with the BCCI President Sharad Pawar who has to go through the report and recommend what action needs to be taken.
In an uncharacteristic outburst, Dravid had told reporters in Kolkata on Wednesday that Desai had no standing in the game. "Anyone is entitled to give his opinion, anyone is entitled to give a report. But me commenting on that, I will comment only when it is worthy of my comment."
"It is important to put it in perspective and understand that I have been asked for my views on a report given by someone ... When I last looked at the history of Indian cricket I did not necessarily see his name featuring very prominently," Dravid had said.
The report was said to be critical of Sehwag's attitude to the game and also did not spare Dravid for being stubborn in selection matters, specially in the crucial third Test in Cape Town where an unfit speedster Munaf Patel was chosen.
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