BCCI said it would seek an explanation from Rahul Dravid for his outburst against the team manager Chetan Desai.
India's captain said the hype over the speedster's brief loss of form is only because of the high expectations following the success he has achieved.
Bhuvneshwar said Dravid was elated with the show put up by the team.
The Indian captain said the top order batsmen let the team down in the second Test against South Africa.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid believes that the on-field behaviour of cricketers has improved in the last few years but the increasing media reporting of incidences of code of conduct violation has made it look otherwise. Dravid said he does not consider sledging against the spirit of the game.
While Cheteshwar Pujara's place in the Test side is not under any doubt, there are question marks creeping over whether he is the right batsman for the No 3 slot, especially overseas.
"History shows that over four and half runs on the final day has never been done," explained Dravid.
Indian captain Rahul Dravid promised the team would be bounce back to win the last two ODIs in the West Indies
Dravid recently coached the Indian team at the Under-19 World Cup. He was mentor of Rajasthan Royals in the last two seasons of the IPL before the franchise was suspended from the T20 tournament for two years by the Justice Lodha Committee in the aftermath of the spot-fixing scandal that rocked the sixth edition of the T20 tournament in 2013.
Virat Kohli described how the 'energy' inside the MCG stadium inspired him to the match-winning knock against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup last year.
Prominent among those missing from the 30-member list for the September 24-October 5 tournament in South Africa are Irfan Pathan and Robin Uthappa.
First batch of Team India players to depart for US on May 25 for T20 World Cup
'They need batters who can bat out a full session in Australia.' 'You have seniors like Pujara and Rahane, who are scoring runs in domestic cricket. They have experience of Australian conditions too.' 'They should be given a chance to make a comeback, no harm in trying especially when your batting line-up is not even lasting a full session.'
India's captain is hoping his 100th Test in Mumbai will produce entertaining cricket and bring the team success.
India's head coach Rahul Dravid had no hesitation in admitting that the ODI squad lacked balance with the likes of Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja unavailable to execute their all-round skills at numbers six and seven respectively.
Glimpses of Team India's training session on Sunday.
India showed resilience to win T20 WC and celebrations told that story: VVS Laxman
His 146 against the West Indies in the drawn second Test lifted him above Pakistan's Inazamam-ul Haq and South Africa's Jacques Kallis.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith described Friday's victory in the fourth ODI as 'awesome and a great team effort'.
India head coach Rahul Dravid says he and skipper Rohit Sharma are pretty clear about the team for the T20 World Cup in Australia in less than eight months' time.
Now that Rahul Dravid has hung his boots from international cricket, the uppermost concern dogging the cricket-crazy country is who is nextDravid in the making!
In no way it could have changed the course of the match. However, it could very much have prolonged it, taking it into a fifth day.
Veteran batsman Rahul Dravid and pacer Ishant Sharma, who were the top Test performers for India on the recent tours to England and the West Indies, would receive Cricket Board awards at the function scheduled to be held in Chennai in December.
India's captain for the Sri Lanka tri-series says it will be fantastic to have Sourav Ganguly in the side.
The Indian vice-captain was full of praise for Gautam Gambhir, saying the way he played helped him pace his innings the way he usually does.
Indian captain Rahul Dravid said Pakistan's ploy of targeting individuals in his side would not work.
The ace batsman edged out former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram and Indian tennis ace star Leander Paes for the award.
VVS Laxman smashed 109 and Rahul Dravid a watchful 53 to guide India to 216 for three at stumps on day two of the second Test.
He is second highest run-maker in Test cricket's history but Indian batting veteran Rahul Dravid remains a student of the game and was seen fussing on his technique during the net session ahead of the second Test against Australia starting in Sydney on Tuesday.
"It was an innocent mistake," India coach John Wright said of the incident.
Batting great Rahul Dravid and Olympic bronze medallist M C Mary Kom were named for the prestigious Padma Bhushan Awards, the third highest civilian honour, while six other sports persons figured in the list of Padma Shri awardees.
Readers present their views on Rahul Dravid's appointment as the new Indian captain.
Almost all leading Indian batsmen, save Rahul Dravid, slipped in the latest Reliance ICC Test rankings for batsman, released on Tuesday. Their shoddy performance in the just-concluded Test series affected their individual rankings, with Sachin Tendulkar dropping a spot to fifth place.
India coach Rahul Dravid admitted that there is a need to have a conversation with wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant regarding his shot selection.
Team India has done their research and have taken notes from their English rivals as the batters were seen perfecting their sweeping skills.
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