Sunil Gavaskar has issued a statement today saying, "The story about me writing to the Honourable Supreme Court of India complaining about BCCI not having compensated me is totally false and utterly mischievous. I have done no such thing and expect a retraction from whoever came up with this story."

Gavaskar, it was reported, had written to the Supreme Court, asking it to clarify the status of his position in the BCCI at present. The court had put Gavaskar in charge of the IPL this March, after asking BCCI president N Srinivasan to step down till the investigation into the IPL spot-fixing case was completed. It had also directed that Gavaskar should be released from his contractual obligations with the BCCI as a commentator but said he should be compensated for his new role, reports ESPN Cricinfo.

Reports on Friday had suggested that Gavaskar had written to the court regarding this compensation, but he denied this.