India, Dec. 28 -- By Vivek Prabhakar Singh

New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia denied speculations of Indian batting legend VVS Laxman being approached to be men's team next Test coach as "factually incorrect and baseless", saying that the board has not taken any steps regarding change of leadership group in the longest format of the game.

The media reports of Laxman being approached to become India's next Test coach has been doing the rounds. The news comes just a few weeks after India suffered a 0-2 Test whitewash to South Africa at home under Gautam Gambhir, their second whitewash in back-to-back years following a humiliating 0-3 loss to New Zealand last year...