While Tim Boon had expressed his keenness a couple of days back in coaching India, Leicestershire chief executive Paul Maylard-Mason said the County's senior coach has not made any official move.

“The entire episode (Boon applying for India job) is purely hypothetical. I'd just like to kill that one. Tim, I understand, has been asked a few questions which he answered. You know how these things happen. Tim certainly hasn't applied. There has been no official contact and I know Tim hasn't spoken to them (the BCCI),” Mason said.

After the Graham Ford fiasco, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is said to have short-listed six candidates, including Boon, for the hot seat.

“What I just want to say is that I am very passionate about what I do and very confident in an environment. It doesn't matter whether it is an international environment or whether it's these guys; to me it is all the same," Boon had said.

"But, obviously, an international job is something coaches aspire to at some stage. England, Australia and India are the top three positions in the world. To me, the international arena is about fine-tuning a bit more. I have been there as an assistant coach (with England) and in actual fact, you go back to the basics. I have not spoken to Rahul Dravid, but I hope to catch up with him one these days," he had added.

On Sunday, though, in the presence of Maylard-Mason, Boon said his current focus was on coaching Leicestershire. "I am not somebody who will sit on a hilltop and shout out about Tim Boon. My job is where I am at the moment, and that is making Leicestershire as good as they can be. It is about creating an environment here that is good,” he said.