Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has revealed that he was approached by the BCCI to coach India before Rahul Dravid was chosen for the coveted job.

Ponting, a batting legend and one of the most successful captains ever, said time commitment stopped him from taking up the India coaching job and a similar role for the Australian team. "I had a couple of conversations with some people during the IPL about it (the India head coach`s position). The people that I spoke to were pretty hell-bent on finding a way to make it work," Ponting told `The Grade Cricketer` podcast.