India bowling coach Joe Dawes claims 'amicably' parted ways with BCCI, not sacked

India cricket team bowling coach Joe Dawes has claimed that he has parted ways with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an absolutely amicable manner, opposing media reports that said that he had been sacked.

Dawes said that he has parted ways with the BCCI, and has also turned down the board's offer of working at the NCA in Bangalore. He also stated that the separation was reached mutually between him and the BCCI.

There had been speculations over Dawes and fielding coach Trevor Penney's future once the duo was asked to go on a break by the BCCI after India's 3-1 Test series defeat in England in August, Cricinfo reported.

Ravi Shastri, the newly appointed team director, had insisted on bringing in Sanjay Bangar, Bharat Arun and R Sridhar as assistants to head coach Duncan Fletcher.

On Monday media reports had claimed that Dawes had been sacked by the BCCI.

However, Dawes denied that that was the case, saying that it was absolutely amicable. He added that they were involved in a process over the past two months that they had been working through.

Considering that their contracts were originally meant to expire at the end of next year's World Cup, BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel had said Dawes and Penney had been asked if they were willing to work at the NCA.

Dawes said that that had been one of the options at one stage they thought about, but added that he decided to move on.