Rajkot, April 5 (PTI): Cricket Board yesterday asked players to refrain from giving statements in the media and instead advised them to approach the BCCI to air their complaints.

"The players should not give media statements. Whatever their complaints are they should tell them to the Board which will be discussed by the members and an appropriate decision will be taken," BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters here yesterday.

The BCCI official was reacting to the statement given by Sachin Tendulkar to a national daily hitting out at coach Greg Chappell for his supposed comments in the report he's to submit to the Board during the World Cup review meeting in Mumbai on April six.

"We don't want to react to Sachin Tendulkar's reported statement to the media but we wish to say that the appointment of the new coach of the Indian team (whether to retain Chappell or name someone else) will be taken at the Working Committee meeting on April seven.

"All decisions taken at the meeting will be based on the (tour) reports to be submitted on the World Cup performance of the team by the manager (Sanjay Jagdale) and coach," he said.